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Clichés are comforting rather than irritating thanks to a likeable turn from the impossibly handsome lead.

The film gets an impressive amount of mileage and you never really feel like it's dragging.

The Bling Ring cuts through the vapid foam to the vapid core to ask questions about morality, responsibility and where desolate idleness may lead.

It's an unbridled pleasure to see Bateman off the leash for once.

The reason all this earnestness works is because Raiff really cares about all his characters, taking time to consider each in their own right.

Like its predecessor, this film relies heavily on fast-firing jokes with easy punchlines. Supported by the quirky animation, these are a lot of fun, but older viewers may quickly find themselves feeling worn out.

The film lacks strong enough dialogue to do justice to the boldness of its script.

What makes it work is that the film sticks so close to the form of a traditional Hollywood romance, ignoring the tropes of gay indie cinema.

Judd Apatow has marked himself out as the leader of the pack when it comes to delivering effortless and believable raunchy comedy.

Edward Norton has taken risks all down the line and proves himself capable of unquestionable courage in storytelling.

There's nothing stale, nor been-there about this animated pooch's fizzy brainstorms

Once Rio has settled into its status as a romantic chase caper, the breakneck momentum comes ready-fitted.

As the film sinks into a morass of sugary fizz a serious question bursts to the surface: are children really interested in emotional cohesion within communities?

With this cloying core, coupled with its phoned in central performances, Vacation can only rest on its vignette style stop-offs to save it, and they just aren’t strong enough.