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As comfy and cosily British as a nice cup of tea and a biscuit.

Nicolas Cage plays against type, retaining his movie star persona, which is not the same as being convincing in the role of a man who lives for opera.

One admires the cleverness of it, while wondering if there really are people who live like this.

What might have been a costume gala, sponsored by the Scottish Tourist Board, is far tougher and more uncompromising.

Elegant and gripping but perhaps just a little genteel.

Offers a convincing demonstration of the theorem that good writing and sensitive performances can equal an engaging and nuanced piece of cinema.

Retaining the waspish asides of the first movie but able to bring much more fragility to the fore, Smith effortlessly exposes a contradictory combination of fear and bravery that many older people will find familiar.

The air is heavy with irony, light with laughter and alive with love.