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Philip French

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) 84% EDIT “Another of John Hughes's slick, knowing comedies of high school, life in Chicago.” – Observer (UK) Apr 21, 2026 Full Review Fight Club (1999) 81% EDIT “It's a dangerous and unnerving movie because, while they are manifestly defending civilised values, Fincher and company involve us at a visceral level in the seductive attractions of what the film attacks.” – Observer (UK) Apr 21, 2026 Full Review Legend (1985) 33% EDIT “Coming from the gifted director of The Duellists, Alien and Blade Runner, Ridley Scott's Legend is a grave disappointment. ” – Observer (UK) Apr 18, 2026 Full Review Jerry Maguire (1996) 86% EDIT “What might have borne comparison with a salty Warner Brothers comedy of the Thirties or Billy Wilder's The Fortune Cookie turns into a wildly overlong self-help tract.” – Observer (UK) Apr 10, 2026 Full Review James and the Giant Peach (1996) 91% EDIT “The central section of the film is a constant delight.” – Observer (UK) Apr 10, 2026 Full Review Victor/Victoria (1982) 85% EDIT “The film is neither felicitous nor particularly enlightened. ” – Observer (UK) Apr 8, 2026 Full Review On Moonlight Bay (1951) 87% EDIT “Delightful period musical set in a small town on the eve of America's entry into World War Two.” – Guardian Apr 7, 2026 Full Review The Muppet Movie (1979) 89% EDIT “...The Muppet Movie is an artistic failure.” – Observer (UK) Apr 6, 2026 Full Review Show Me Love (1998) 93% EDIT “This is a modest, amusing, truthful picture with two delightful central performances.” – Observer (UK) Mar 12, 2026 Full Review RoboCop 2 (1990) 31% EDIT “It is messily and often perfunctorily handled, the humour is now more arch than ironic, and the images lack the clean, hard look that made RoboCop resemble a comic-strip epic.” – Observer (UK) Mar 11, 2026 Full Review RoboCop (1987) 84% EDIT “[RoboCop] use special effects in a purposive, witty manner and has an outrageous sense of humour.” – Observer (UK) Mar 5, 2026 Full Review Sense and Sensibility (1995) 97% EDIT “In its visual style and uniformly excellent performances this exquisitely poised film captures Austen's realism, detachment and moral irony, and Emma Thompson's screenplay is a masterful exercise in adaptation. ” – Observer (UK) Feb 25, 2026 Full Review Canadian Bacon (1995) 19% EDIT “The film is only sporadically funny, though it never pulls its punches. ” – Observer (UK) Feb 22, 2026 Full Review Mortal Kombat (1995) 43% EDIT “This picture is based on a best-selling video game, though I could believe that it was inspired by Jayne Austin's novel "Sententiousness and Insensitivity."” – Observer (UK) Feb 22, 2026 Full Review Nine Months (1995) 24% EDIT “Dull, frenetic and forced, it's one of the unfunniest comedies of recent years. ” – Observer (UK) Feb 22, 2026 Full Review Clueless (1995) 82% EDIT “Heckerling does not labour the parallels with "Emma," but they give an extra dimension to her buoyant flm and suggest the nature of the enterprise. ” – Observer (UK) Feb 22, 2026 Full Review The Postman (1994) 92% EDIT “Il Postino is Radford's best film since his feature debut, Another Time, Another Place. At times a trifle sentimental, and rather drawn out towards the end, it is a warm and generous picture. ” – Observer (UK) Feb 22, 2026 Full Review Chocolat (2000) 63% EDIT “Everything comes easy in this movie -- love, reconciliation, redemption, re-creation and even death. It's also an easy film to enjoy. ” – Observer (UK) Feb 17, 2026 Full Review Pretty in Pink (1986) 75% EDIT “There are some good lines and uniformly strong performances. ” – Observer (UK) Feb 14, 2026 Full Review Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000) 96% EDIT “What makes it an exciting kinetic experience in the cinema is the epic sweep, the contrast between the serene beauty of the settings and the astonishing action sequences. ” – Observer (UK) Feb 10, 2026 Full Review Erin Brockovich (2000) 87% EDIT “It has a sparkling script by Susannah Grant, is superbly photographed by Ed Lachman and gracefully edited by Anne V. Coates. But the movie is dominated by Julia Roberts as Erin.” – Observer (UK) Feb 6, 2026 Full Review Days of Heaven (1978) 93% EDIT “It is through objects and through the physical world that this wonderfully contrived picture moves us, not through its characters, who remain distant and shadowy.” – Observer (UK) Feb 4, 2026 Full Review House (1985) 49% EDIT “Despite the genial presence as a sceptical neighbour of George Wendt, one ends up almost hating this film for its insensitivity.” – Observer (UK) Jan 30, 2026 Full Review My Bloody Valentine (1981) 39% EDIT “The Canadian producers of George Mihalka's My Bloody Valentine do everything they can to make us believe that the grisly events depicted... are happening in America and not the Maritime Provinces. Their reasons are not patriotic.” – Observer (UK) Jan 29, 2026 Full Review North (1994) 12% EDIT “North the boy has everything and faces no real threat, while North the movie is a parasitic ragbag of movie references.” – Observer (UK) Jan 23, 2026 Full Review
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