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It's not a map, it's a blueprint, a means of telling fortunes and a handsome puzzle to boot.

Succumbing to rather too much melodrama in the final third, which undercuts the chilliness of what has gone before, this is nonetheless an interesting debut that promises better to come.

Neil Jordan skilfully examines the nature of time and the theme that he surveys like no other filmmaker - what it means to physically be in two places at once.

Only 15 minutes into this instant classic I thought ‘this is a bloody masterpiece’.

Handsomely mounted and costumed with enough sparks and pace to quicken the interest and heighten the senses.

Gerald McMorrow has conjured up a film that spans many genres, coupling inventive storytelling with a strong visual aesthetic.

The director resembles a sniper who remains unseen, but whose presence can nonetheless be felt.

The actors...own their characters with considerable skill which helps to paper over any deficiencies in the script

An interesting side to this film is how Disney continue to stick two fingers up to the reactionaries.

Lily James bares her wit and her teeth as Elizabeth Bennet, and she does about as well as she could do with a script that can’t decide whether it wants to repackage or repurpose Austen’s original work, instead falling down the crevice in between.

A further challenge is the credibility of the chemistry - it's in two senses that a flame flickers between the Curies, and in both it convinces.

What is fatal is to make the mistake of thinking, because Hitchcock built up his illusions so well, that this is a story about nice people.

There’s some excellent material here, and if it doesn’t make you laugh all the way through, well, that’s probably because it isn’t intended to.

The film looks right but feels strangely familiar

Despite its many grand visual flourishes, this is a film which succeeds because of its attention to detail, especially in the performances.