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Andrew Pulver

Film Critic

United Kingdom

Snatch (2000)

Publish Date: September 1, 2000
"Ritchie films all this activity with typically impressive stylistic flourishes, which effectively dilutes the lameness of much of the director's gag-writing"

The Guardian
Titan A.E. (2000)

Publish Date: July 28, 2000
"'Titan AE' is considerably undermined by a screenplay that, considering the investment, is bafflingly light on basic story (...) Nevertheless, as a lesson in state-of-the-art visuals, 'Titan AE' is compulsive viewing"

The Guardian
Galaxy Quest (1999)

Publish Date: April 28, 2000
"Parisot has created a movie that's considerably flashier than its inspiration. Crucially, it's very funny too"

The Guardian
Sunshine (1999)

Publish Date: April 28, 2000
"Szabo's movie offers an absorbing potted history of his native country, but the whole thing stands or falls on Fiennes' performance. This, truth to tell, only partly succeeds"

The Guardian
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)

Publish Date: August 20, 1999
"What we get to see is the development of a reasonably absorbing relationship between two mature adults"

The Guardian
Robin Hood (2010)

"Cleverly reconciles disparate threads of the Robin Hood myth. (...) there's no doubting the strength and excellence of the film-making on display. (...) Rating: **** (out of five)"

The Guardian
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)

"So vivid are many of Lewis's tableaux that you are barely given time to linger before being whisked on to the next. (...) [Apted] has rendered all this with near faultless scrupulousness; very much in the high-key, heavily structured Potter style."

The Guardian
The Grandmaster (2013)

"Is less Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and much more a study of ideas and textures (...) The rewards, however, are considerable: the discipline of the genre seem to have channelled Wong's flair for image-making away from the self-involved blind alleys his last few films have taken him up; The Grandmaster is something pretty special."

The Guardian
Computer Chess (2013)

"Bujalski really has pulled off something extraordinary here (...) Rating: **** (out of five)"

The Guardian
Man of Steel (2013)

"Superman reboot provides visual fireworks when our hero flies but liaison between Clark Kent and Lois Lane is a damp squib. (...) The whole film ends up feeling weighed down. (...) Rating: *** (ouf ot five)"

The Guardian
My Father And The Man In Black (2012)

"For Cash devotees who want a hitherto-hidden perspective on their man ... this is invaluable viewing. (...) Rating: *** (out of five)"

The Guardian
The Spirit of '45 (2013)

"Films are rarely this committed or, indeed, persuasive. (...) Rating: *** (out fo five)"

The Guardian
Running Scared (2006)

"No one in their right minds could call this a good film, but it's certainly unique. (...) Rating: ** (out of 5)"

The Guardian
Klimt (2006)

"A beautifully designed but ponderously executed attempt to summon up the spirit of the Austrian fin-de-sicle painter."

The Guardian
Let's Get Lost (1988)

"It's not exactly a documentary, more a lovingly-filmed homage, but some candid interview material allows scraps of Baker's story to emerge."

The Guardian
Man of Aran (1934)

"Flaherty's sense of poetic grandeur never lets up."

The Guardian
Shadows in the Sun (2005)

"The film ends up verging on the inconsequential. (...) Rating: ** (out of 5)"

The Guardian

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