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The Iron Lady

Advantages: The legendary Meryl Streep who absolutely nails this role
Disadvantages: Everything else - clumsy direction, boring script, a completely unsatisfactory look at the leader

...Phyllida Lloyd is a special director. She may even be a unique, one-of-a-kind director. But I mean this as no compliment. With her skills behind the camera, she has managed the almost impossible She made a Meryl Streep movie almost unwatchable. She got aw ...

goldenbat666 12.01.2012 · Read full review
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Brilliant actors in a satisfactory film!

Advantages: High-quality acting
Disadvantages: Satisfactory storyline and special effects, in some cases confusing, wasn't 'gripping'

...Unfortunately, this film in my opinion was no other than disappointing. From the very beginning, it was clear that the film was based upon the dementia that Margaret Thatcher currently struggles with. Therefore, this lead me to believe that the storyli ...

cherylcook 22.01.2012 · Read full review
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Read the book instead

Advantages: Jim Sturgess
Disadvantages: Ann Hathaway

One Day is a 2011 film based on the novel of the same name. Both novel and screenplay were written by David Nicholls. I have read the novel twice, having bought it when it was first released in 2009. I really enjoyed the novel, and while gener ...

suziedre1 13.04.2012 · Read full review
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St Swithans Day

Advantages: Good performances, good story
Disadvantages: Predictable, sad

Last year I read One Day by David Nicholls after seeing the book on Channel 4’s Book Show. The story is realistically complicated and personally, I found it to be enthralling, I really couldn’t put it down. When I heard it was being made into a film I ...

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The Help

Advantages: Fantastic ensemble performances, moving narrative with a strong emotional pay-off
Disadvantages: Sometimes a little too cheesy and simplistic whilst dealing with something serious

...Here is this year’s answer to “The Blind Side.” A feel-good, audience-pleasing, sweeping film that looks at complex, controversial issues involving white guilt and somehow ends up being the year’s most watchable, simple, easy and straightforward films. Th ...

goldenbat666 12.12.2011 · Read full review
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