HiFi’s Film Reviews

353 Films have been rated or reviewed by HiFi.

Safety Not Guaranteed (2012): I wanted to like this, but it\'s undercooked in almost every respect. The two stars are for Plaza – an able performer, and when the deadpan breaks it\'s like the sun coming out...
Girls - Season 1 (TV Series) (2012): I thought this would be all hip gab and zeitgeist schtick but was surprised by the real tenderness and generosity towards the characters. Wonderfully written, directed and performed. Genius, obvy.
Iron Sky (2012): Grindingly inept tosh, lacking even the gleeful idiocy of low–budget disasters of yore. No stars, avoid.
Moonrise Kingdom (2012): Wry, poignant paean to true love, solidarity, second chances and the power of the imagination. Wholly wonderful, not to be missed.
Justified - Season 1 (TV Series) (2010): Perfect cast, but overall this is disappointingly conventional – even \'cookie–cutter\'. I\'m afraid I rather lost interest.; DVD ~~$30~~ $22.50
Pride and Prejudice (2005): Pallid leads, an excess of melodrama and the camera dithers over period detail. Some humanising of what were only caricatures in the BBC version, but inferior in almost every other way. Ehle and Firth were sorely missed (by me).
Extras - The Special (2007): Some slightly heavy–handed emphasis in places, but overall this is wonderfully done.
Extras - Series 2 (TV Series) (2006): As good as anything great, so – great, then. Jensen\'s a masterclass in comic reaction.
Five-Year Engagement, The (2012): The Farrellys blend romance and queasy comedy more organically, but this is still very funny (if a bit long). Great supporting cast, and the two leads have something reminiscent of old Hollywood stardust, IMHO.
Crumb (1994): Commentary from experts, contemporaries and former girlfriends; family background (they\'re a sad, disturbing yet oddly engaging bunch); career chronology; plenty of Crumb opinion. Crumb, like his work, provokes a complicated, ambivalent response.

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