Film Reviews by IG

With the possible exception that she has Russian ancestry, why cast Helen Mirren in this role, she is around 40 years older than the age of the character she portrays?

For a far more entertaining and closer to history version watch the Russian produced Ekaterina, it is brilliant, unlike this dull effort.

This film will not test your intellectual ability, but, will make you laugh, and, it is certainly not boring. A feelgood movie with some tragic moments, well worth a watch.

One of the worst films ever, overlong, dull and weak in every sense. Please do not make the same mistake as we did and assume a good cast list list will deliver an entertaining watch, you will be disappointed.

Promises a lot but ultimately fails to deliver and is rather dull. The plot is fairly simple but had the scope for a more intriguing narrative and some suspense, watch something else.

Exceeded expectations, never a dull moment, some interesting plot twists, engaging characters, very watchable.

If you liked The Great Beauty this will be right up your street. We found this film informative, offensive, outrageous, but, above all very watchable and extremely amusing. Power corrupts and absolute power in the main gets away with it, with a cast of in the main part willing volunteers. Toni Servillo is impressive and even when his character is being essentially quite ruthless and manipulative, he still amuses.

An engaging film about the trials, and tribulations of families which is lightened considerably by a lot of humour.

I daresay that some supporters of Israel and/or Palestine will find it annoying or even offensive, but, I don't believe it is meant to be a political statement or a travelogue, it does though, take a satirical stance on the perils of the corporate superstition of organised religion.

Overall an amusing fairly lightweight film, that has it's tragic moments, moves along, with decent acting, interaction between James Caan and Tom Hollander is particularly strong, we liked it.

A rather dull film all round that moves at a snail's pace through a story without any discernible merit or purpose, overlong and pointless.

Brilliant, well worth a watch: A very moving and evolving drama that holds your interest to the end, Jakob Cedergren delivers a strong performance.

The storyline is not an uncommon one, obviously this was unlikely to be amusing and entertaining, for us there is a limit to how much self-indulgent pity we can enjoy, this film exceeded that, the final chapter should have come around an hour sooner.

On the plus side the acting is first class, small children included, the "Beautiful Boy" gives a stellar performance we hated him in no time.

Filmed through rose-tinted glasses, but, none the worse for that, very entertaining and enjoyable to watch, Robert Redford delivers a strong performance.

A well put together film with strong acting, delivers a far more interesting story than the synopsis suggests.

This is film features unrelenting violence that goes way beyond the realms of black humour, sick, warped and for us unwatchable.

Only watch if you've time to waste; has some funny moments here and there, but, otherwise lacks any meaningful content.

Gave up on this, subtitles are not that easy to read, plot meanders around with some vague attempt at surrealism, and, overall the subject matter is fairly dull and uninteresting. There are moments that entertain, but, not enough to hold our interest to the bitter end.