Jordan Ruimy

[Chan] brings energy to a film that desperately needs any kind of life, but there is only so much Chan can do.

The lack of narrative propulsion or powerful subtext of any kind results in little dramatic substance beyond its cult-like ambitions.

Newness attempts to be a prescient look at modern passion, but it ends up recycling the same old tired clichés that invade most sappy cinematic love stories.

The spy genre is a tricky business, because the tempo and flow of the film must adapt to numerous different scenarios and narrative changes. In Lewin’s movie, however, the ever-changing intricacies of Dawidoff’s book are rendered flat, unappealing and messy.

If George set his sights on capturing the effects of this tragic stain in history rather than love-making, we might have gotten a drama worthy of the talent involved.

One of the sexiest and most joyful road movies in some time.

The fact that you do care about their being together means Abu-Assad and company have succeeded, at the most basic level, what they set out to achieve.

There seems to be something missing; his life was an enigmatic puzzle and Strong hasn’t found all the pieces. It doesn’t help that his visual style is flat and the narrative is conventional enough.

Doillon tries to dramatize Rodin, but makes it seem as if there wasn’t much drama to his story.

The plot structure is convoluted and all-too familiar, leaving almost no trace of originality or curiosity at the table.

It might not be as risk-taking as previous Shainberg gems, but his knack for expertly crafted drama remains.

The missteps seem to never end as the director and actors struggle to bring some kind of coherence to this unwieldy film. Although it tries to be political and relevant to our times, Kings becomes such a confusing blur that one wonders where precisely in the process it all went wrong.

A film that features a few fantastic comedic highlights unfortunately weighed down by a misfired performance from its lead actress. The result is an occasionally funny, inventive, but inconsequential, feature.