David Pirie

"There are two powerful nightclub scenes carried by Hoffman, but otherwise Bruce emerges quite unfairly as little more than a tiresome, self-obsessed trouper."  

"One of Russell's most enjoyable movies, completely free of the pretentious bombast that has become his trademark"  

"Quick and varied comedy, highly suited to Neil Simon's machine-gun gag-writing"  

"An old-fashioned fairytale brilliantly revamped to chime in with the depressed mood of the '70s".  

"Full of the sensual mysteriousness which Hammer used to achieve so effortlessly during their long occupation of Bray Studios."

"The combination of Richard Donner's superb original casting and visual attack with Lester's wit and his ear for sound proves a pretty formidable alliance"  

"In conception the film remains highly original, and it does deliver enough of the goods to sail effortlessly away with the title of Britain's first official punk movie"  

"An excellent example of a mundane project elevated into quite a palatable genre movie by its director (...) 'Deadly Blessing' isn't a very good movie"  

"[It] is a reasonably beguiling, if noticeably padded coda, with the best bits containing in abundance that quality of penetrating period wit which made its predecessor such a delight"  

"This shows that a contemporary whodunit can still rivet sophisticated modern audiences without retreating into horror or camp"  

"Fellini's documentary celebration of the dying art of the clown is his best film in years."d

"Undoubtedly the zombie movie to end 'em all (...) The horror/suspense content is brilliant enough to satisfy the most demanding fan"  

"Sheer visual elegance and romantic splendour"  

"A subtly picaresque movie (...) The film is all the more impressive for its refusal to get embroiled in half-baked political attitudinising"  

"Reducing the unknowable to the easily loveable, the film sacrifices a little too much truth in favour of its huge emotional punch."  

"Ultimately it's left to 'Mad Max' wizard Miller to steal the show."  

"This ambles along quite amusingly but unremarkably (...) The emotional wipe-out is impressive, confirming Winger as one of the major stars of the '80s. But it also unbalances the film"