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Ponderous but glorious.

Adrift doesn't have sharks, only human fallibility and naked panic.

In a watertight script, no option available to the characters is left unconsidered, and each has its deadly downside, leaving viewers to wonder what they themselves would have done.

When Traucki has the confidence to be still and quiet himself, the effect is genuinely scary.

While tolerance levels for this kind of self-consciously arty style will vary, it is hard to fault the fizzing ambition and high-voltage energy that K-Stew and her team bring to the party.

This understated moodpiece is a real treat for those in tune with Lucrecia Martel's brand of nuanced suggestiveness - and is full of pretty pictures for everyone else.

Nakata's technique is to imply terror by suggestion, rather than the overuse of special effects.

For those who have seen the originals, stay away.

Haynes is at least as interested in the cultural issues at play here and the psychological impact of living in such an unbalanced world.

The sight of a four month old child standing upright on Snorri's hand, raised up above the water, will simultaneously awe and terrify many parents.

Calton makes a good lead, finding a vulnerable side to Eric’s character despite his Herculean feats.

Hokum and a lamentably OTT ending ruin what had been a pleasingly ponderous piece of pap.

You cannot begin to understand what's going on, or not going on

The story is tragic, at times heartbreaking, always enthralling, never dull and ultimately ironic.

Ultimately, Earthlings is a light documentary about a group of people who share a hobby.

The water rippling around the village mirrors the ebb and flow of relationships within Salif Traoré’s film.

What this film shows, by visiting communities around the world, is that issues of pollution are often intrinsically linked to issues of ownership.

A genuinely enjoyable jaunt.

The ‘bad guy’ really is the bank itself – or maybe the American Dream, a frothy notion that never had much currency here and is now bankrupt in the face of a recession.

It’s not that the journey is unpleasant but the stakes are very low and the lack of tension leads it to feel overstretched as a result.

This is an impressionistic portrait, as multi-faceted and delicate as the flies which we see being created at points through the film.

If you don't believe in parallel universes, fairy stories or the power of the puzzle, Story's story will leave you as cold as her skin.

There are moments when it feels like a five hour movie squeezed into two and others when it drags.

A saccharine mess, bereft of wit, originality or purpose.

This is a sweet little film about the dangers of caring too much.

A thrilling example of the power of digital video.

A sensistively made documentary, with top-notch production values.

A solid, and certainly heartfelt effort.

Hawkins has waited decades for a role like this, in which she can fully exercise her talents.

If Stewart had focused more on sharks and less on his own misadventures, then the sharks could have had their day in the court of cinema without any needless and unhelpful interjections from their own defence team.

The pace is frantic, the characters entertaining and the CGI seagulls a squawk

Something In The Water satisfies in unexpected ways.

Everything about the film makes clear the time and attention put into it.

It progresses in the same sort of manner as leading man Damon in that it's big and bulky, slow and purposeful but somehow, despite this, quite compelling.

The subjects are all articulate and engaging and there's a good deal of interesting content.

There is some believable tenderness between the two leads, but most of the acting is dire.

Something of a wasted opportunity, this is nevertheless a powerful reminder.

Although van Strien clearly has plenty of talent, he is undone by a constant seen-and-heard-it-all-before-done-better feeling.

Fox succeeds in showing us much of the best and worst of modern Israel.

Meanders aimlessly towards a sentimental conclusion.

Visually awesome, panoramic, brilliantly acted and bursting with beautiful poetry and imagery.

There is no light or shade in the script, creating a stiltedness due to a lack of humour and and blind focus on drama.

The film’s an unashamedly full-on exercise in manipulating your emotions, giving you an event every five minutes and keeping Kleenex in business.

There's no real sequence here, nothing that truly holds the film together apart from the music, and that was applied after the fact.

Although the drama itself has a generally naturalistic feel, striking visuals embellish the spirit of all those things that are just beyond that realm.

Making fun of learning difficulties is not nice. Mommy says so.

This film is well aware of its own limitations: knows it can only pose the questions here, while answers will take time and belong, perhaps, to later generations.

Waterworld has a lot going for it. It's everything an action/sci-fi movie should be.

Russell Crowe's commitment goes further than you might expect. He directs with conviction, taking risks that work for him - and for us

Ozon punctuates the film with some carefully studied compositions.