Film Reviews by Rm

I was a bit concerned that this might be a wincing disaster, but no, I was wrong. While it starts a bit slow it steadily sucks you in until you're intrigued to find out what happens next. The plot throws you around from laughter to sadness, but it just works. This could so easily have gone so wrong, but a superb cast and some tidy editing bring it all to a very satisfying conclusion. Make sure you have some tissues around btw, but don't worry, it's mainly for the laughter and the wonderful sentiment.

This important and relatively unknown story deserved a better platform than this film. I will admit though that it was beautifully filmed and featured some stunning locations. The character Michael (Oscar Isaac) was so unnecessarily ridiculous that it took away from the real horror of what happened. You start off thinking he's ok and then slowly he detracts from the film as you end up shouting at him and not caring whether he lives or dies. This was a wasted opportunity and a rather painful watch for all the wrong reasons.

A beautifully acted and directed film. The films sucks you in with a rare tenderness while remaining honest and interesting. There's some great one-liners in it as well. Its been a long time since I saw a film this well put together.

I was wary about seeing this film after being more and more disappointed by the franchise as it's been going on. We were pleasantly surprised and thought it was a complete return to form. I'd rate it close to the first film with the added benefit of Orlando Bloom only being on the screen for a few minutes.

There are some great comedy moments and the film seemed to trot along at an enjoyable pace. The plot was solid and made sense rather than some of the previous ramblings.

This was a very pleasant 2 hours of decent family viewing . I'm ready for the next film now which is more than I can say I felt after some of the last offerings.