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If the male characters are on the flimsy side, at least it makes a change from the women being relegated.

De Niro and Crystal are terrific, none the less, and Harold Ramis directs with assurance.

What just about saves this film from its scruffiness is the strength of the performances.

The slapstick is not funny, it's violent. A sensitive child will be shocked to tears.

A sentimental mishmash

The plot flies in and out of lunacy at gasp speed

A one-gag concept lasts as long as a werewolf's belch

There are too many ideas, both verbally and visually, to take in before the ghost of Walt Disney has a spectral moment.

Feels less experimental and alternative than, well, the zombie genre demands.

The piecemeal nature of Giovanni Boccaccio’s source material only adds to the sketch show feel, with as many moments missing the mark as hitting it.

An astute, intelligent character study which neatly captures what may prove to be an important turning point in social history.

As cool as a multi-coloured popsicle.

Teenyboppers will think it cool, twentysomethings will throw up.

The script has been tatooed on a fingernail. It is so small, you need binoculars.

Fennell explores the lasting effects of traumatic events with care, never making light of the situation even amid moments of comedy.

Simple ideas like this can only work if you give a damn and the trouble here is that you never know enough about the characters to make a judgement.

One of the rare chick flicks that doesn’t appear to hate women, Year Of The Dog contains its essentially sappy narrative within a membrane of stabbing humor and ingenious reaction shots.