Bill Forrester

Apart from fine (but too-short!) performances by Jamie Lee Curtis as Annette and Billy Lourd as Hannah, we found this film a real turkey, I am afraid, and nearly left part-way through. Almost everyone playing a part in it is inarticulate, to a great extent, so we found the whole script questionable. The direction is awful to non-existent. Hardly any dramatic moments at all, and not exploited. Shot in 16mm, which means, for some reason, a lot of the filming is unclear. A bit of 16mm might have emphasised the club atmosphere. Almost the whole film is interiors, lots of which is brutal close-ups. We watch masses of films, in cinemas mostly, and check out the original Gloria Swanson Sunset Boulevard for a great film about a fading star, and All That Jazz for a classic film about a dance club.

We were really disappointed with this film. First Knives Out was great. This one is completely contrived and artificial, awful script, Daniel Craig's accent is so bad it seems to be a parody, and we felt no empathy with any of the characters. Pretty serious for a film seeking audience! Gave it a chance, but walked out after an hour. Very rare for us. We watch scores of films in a year, from all over the world. The pristine beautiful locations and all-action scenes may suit others. Clearly do. But not us.

Great reconstructed concert, good first hour, but awful script, far too long and we both neay walked out, despite being Elvis fans.

I watched this film sitting next to two children I didn't know, both aged about 8. They absolutely loved it, and had to put their fingers over their eyes at various scary or thrilling points. I didn't have to do the same! But some of the film reminded me of BBC series "Pathfinders" from the late 1950s, which I saw at their age. The film is full of such ridiculous and implausible scenes, some of us were laughing. But, as a spectacle, it is brilliant. And majestic, colourful and, entertaining. If you can suspend all your concerns about what is possible and plausible, and just get lost in it, it is always entertaining. So I encourage you to go and see it. I could put, spoilers in this, but I don't want to spoil it!

The awful script really lets this film down. The only humour is slapstick stuff between the animals mainly. No wit, subtlety, characterisation that shines through. We were very disappointed! We read the original books, and loved them as children. We saw at least two of the previous film versions, which were fun and fine. This film loses all those past benefits. Avoid, is our advice!

I am afraid this is one of worst films we have ever seen. Devoid of colour, interesting plot or good characterisation, after an hour I checked the time and wondered if it would take off at some stage. This was at London Film Festival in 2017. Quite a few people left during the screening, and the director did an interview afterwards, but, revealingly, no Q & A, though she had an interpreter with her. It should be retitled The Emperor's New Clothes.

I loved it. Well-crafted, characters very believable, and worked up to a moving and rounded conclusion.