
Overview
Genre :
Romance, ComedyRelease Date :
May 22, 2009 (Limited)MPAA Rating :
PG-13Director :
Stephan ElliottStarring :
Jessica Biel, Colin Firth, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Barnes, Kris Marshall, Katherine Parkinson, Kimberley Nixon
REVIEWS RATE:
Critics
Readers
[Rate It]

“..works as well as it does, and emerges as something strange but fresh..”
by Helen O'Hara [Empire Magazine]

“..Stephan Elliott's best film since Priscilla, Queen Of The Desert..”
by James Mottram [Channel 4 Film]

“..Snappy and enjoyable..”
by Rich Cline [Shadows on the Wall]

“..it doesn't know how much Coward to use, how modern to be, and where its real strengths are..”
by David Mercier [FilmJudge]
Review rate : B
“..flight, frothy entertainment..”
“..flight, frothy entertainment..”
by Emanuel Levy [EmanuelLevy.Com]

“..Enjoyable..”
by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon]

“..clumsily written, surprisingly foolish and misdirected adaptation..”
by Steve Ramos [Boxoffice Magazine]

“..a top-notch creation..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]

“..a strained, quasi-spoof version of a 1924 play by Coward..”
by Peter Bradshaw [The Guardian]

“..a passable entertainment with some excellent zingers and puns, but it never fully bears its fangs..”
by Chris Cabin [Filmcritic.com]

“..a film that could easily appeal to younger members of the family as well..”
by Amber Wilkinson [Eye for Film]

“..a 1920s-era comedy of bad manners done by experts..”
by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone]
Reviewed by Stephen Holden [NY Times]







