Search: Starring Shohreh Aghdashloo

Gushes tension and excitement from every pore.

Daft the plot may be, but all concerned do a splendid job.

The trial plays out in a courtroom that looks more like a church and the few cringe-in-your-seat scares are economically used to great effect.

The performances are exquisite.

It makes you want to pick up the scriptwriter and throw him at a concrete wall.

Released to coincide with seasonal spending sprees, it will help to float modern day Herods' coffers.

Likely to please younger audiences who will find the simple, fairy story style arc comfortingly familiar and the central protagonist quirkily relatable.

Scenes are set up and played out as if rehearsing for a mud sculpture

A solid, and certainly heartfelt effort.

Though Hoult is as oddly charming as his abilities allow, Nicholas goes as close to the Full Cage as I've seen in a while.

A feel-good coming-of-age movie that leaves you with a smile on your face.

It latches onto the more simplistic domestic aspect of the story at the expense of exploring the more difficult and complex political issues.