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The Journey

2016

Nick Hamm

Colm Meaney, Timothy Spall, Freddie Highmore, Toby Stephens ...

6.2

753

Drama A fictional account of the extraordinary story of two implacable enemies in Northern Ireland - firebrand Democratic Unionist Party leader Paisley and Sinn Fein politician Martin McGuinness - who are forced to take a short journey together in which they will take the biggest leap of faith and change the course of history.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"It’s a movie that follows every trope in the book, and does so with pleasing fireworks and finesse."	POS
United States	Neil Young The Hollywood Reporter	"A ploddingly fanciful glimpse into the mechanisms of the Northern Ireland peace process (...) Deficiencies in script and direction render the vehicle less than road-worthy."	NEG
United States	Sheila O'Malley rogerebert.com	"A simplified grade-school version of political realities (...) There's a naivete at work in the concept (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"A graceless Wikipedian plod through the Irish peace process (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The film looks like a borderline-acceptable TV play (...) It is tiptoeing on eggshells (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Lee Marshall Screendaily	"This is a small but punchy British film that looks set to embark on its own road trip."	POS
United Kingdom	Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"As a drama about a seismic moment in recent British political history, it comes up short (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
Ireland	Donald Clarke Irish Times	"There is a great movie to be made about the peace process - sadly, 'The Journey' is not that film (...) Misguided folly (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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