Third Star Reviews
Daily Express
All of this feels a little too pat and obvious until we edge towards a lump-in-the-throat finale with an emotional wallop absent from the predictability of the previous scenes.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Top CriticThe script is too full of events and outbursts for it truly to convince, but the actors bring charm to the film and director Hattie Dalton has a pleasingly light touch.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Daily Mirror [UK]
It's an hour-and a-half of nothing.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Radio Times
A film that many will find more morbid than melancholy.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Financial Times
Cumberbatch always seems to act as though he already has the letters OBE after his name.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Sight and Sound
Underneath Third Star's classy cladding, which camouflages its maudlin streak and conventional melodramatic underpinnings, there lies a TV movie first and last.
Empire Magazine
Even a talented cast struggle to convince in this tough sell of a film.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Scotsman
Dalton, a Bafta-winning short filmmaker, ensures everything looks pleasant and polished enough, but there's very little here that stands out.
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| Original Score: 2/5
Daily Telegraph
Dalton's first feature doesn't quite reach the philosophical depths she appears to be aiming for, but Cumberbatch keeps sentimentality at bay, and the ending is almost unbearably poignant.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Guardian [UK]
The characters aren't particularly likable or clever, but their chemistry is convincing and it's well performed.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Shadows on the Wall
This beautifully shot and finely acted drama will struggle to find an audience simply because its subject matter is ultimately so dark
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
As road trips go, this one travels far and travels well.
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| Original Score: B+
ViewLondon
Impressively directed and sharply written, this is a powerfully emotional British drama with superb performances from all four leads.
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| Original Score: 4/5
Total Film
Hattie Dalton's direction is sensitive but ponderous, making our own third star more than slightly grudging.
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| Original Score: 3/5
