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Supernova

2020

Harry Macqueen

Colin Firth, Stanley Tucci, James Dreyfus, Pippa Haywood ...

6.3

1,497

Drama It is deep Autumn and Sam and Tusker, partners of twenty years, are on holiday. Sam (Firth) is a pianist. Tusker (Tucci) is a writer. They are travelling across England in their old campervan visiting friends, family and places from their past. Since Tusker was diagnosed with young-onset dementia two years ago their lives have had to change. Jobs have been given up and plans put on hold. Their time together is now the most important ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci shine in a drama that cuts you to emotional shreds (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Guy Lodge Variety	"Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci gently smash your heart to smithereens (...) A peak-form Firth and Tucci give nuance and ballast to Harry Macqueen's small but beautifully formed sophomore film."	POS
United States	Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"It’s rare to see a cinematic drama executed with such consistent care as 'Supernova' (...) And here, that care pays off to devastating effect."	POS
United States	Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"Stellar performances but not much spark (...) More worthy effort than heartbreaking triumph"	NEU
United Kingdom	Ian Freer Empire	"What it lacks in cinematic width it gains in well-earned emotional depth, courtesy of delicate writing and two subtle but towering performances from Firth and Tucci (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"A ponderous movie, a story about the end of life so determined to be taken gravely that it doesn’t let anything actually live"	NEG
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"The veteran pair are on magnificent form in a drama about love and mortality that is all the more powerful for its restraint (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"A melancholic, tender two-hander with committed performances (...) [The director] sticks with a tone of encompassing warmth throughout and the pace of 'Supernova' is unhurried"	POS
United States	Shannon Miller AV Club	"Firth packs a tremendous amount of heartbreak into each despondent glance toward Tusker"	POS
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"There’s an emotional wallop simmering beneath the surface of 'Supernova'; it’s just too bad that surface is all there winds up being"	NEG
United States	Phil de Semlyen Time Out	"Colin Firth and Stanley Tucci are gently devastating in this landscape-filled dementia drama (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
	Kaleem Aftab Cineuropa	"The performances are supported by some beautiful cinematography (...) However, this is a car journey which will lose its way and hit a traffic jam as big end-of-life themes get introduced and more characters enter the fray"	NEU

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