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McCarthy is a revelation.

This is a blockbuster which puts the emphasis firmly on entertainment by showing its heroes enjoying their roles, not suffering through angst.

Reckless, feckless and, above all, utterly irredeemable.

First names are, of course, never used because they're out-menning the men in every department, including misogynist asides and police brutality - by the end of the runtime you wonder why they bothered casting women at all.

The presence of human faces in some places makes this no less an act of animation than anything made solely of ink on paper.

After all the care taken in this film, it's sad that the resolution is so cliched.

There is slapstick here, but we know Susan has the chops to handle things and we are thankfully never invited to simply 'laugh at the fat girl'.

A mature approach to the subject which is long overdue.

Bill Murray is acceptably crusty, but hardly huggable

If this is the new slapstick, bring back the old