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Libby Purves

Libby Purves's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) 94% 3/5 EDIT “The spectacle? Brilliant, as you'd expect.” – Daily Mail (UK) Jul 14, 2017 Full Review Cars 3 (2017) 70% 3/5 EDIT “It took only minutes before I was going 'Awwww!' at Lightning's insecurities about growing old and being overtaken by arrogant youngsters (we've all been there).” – Daily Mail (UK) Jul 14, 2017 Full Review The Death of Louis XIV (2016) 87% 4/5 EDIT “It is sparse in dialogue, heavy in mood, deliberately avoiding dramatics and sentiment unless it should rise in the viewer.” – Daily Mail (UK) Jul 14, 2017 Full Review The Beguiled (2017) 79% 4/5 EDIT “It lulls you into expecting just a delicate, moody social observation. But actually you are in for a sexually charged thriller, with moments of sudden violence and a morally disastrous conclusion.” – Daily Mail (UK) Jul 14, 2017 Full Review Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) 92% 4/5 EDIT “For all the CGI-jinks (well up to standard) this is as much a high-school movie as classic superhero stuff.” – Daily Mail (UK) Jul 7, 2017 Full Review Song to Song (2017) 43% 2/5 EDIT “Frame to frame, yawn to yawn . . .” – Daily Mail (UK) Jul 7, 2017 Full Review Tommy's Honour (2016) 68% 3/5 EDIT “It moves through the 1860s and '70s at a measured pace amid the dunes and lowlands, where one match after another sees our heroes - Peter Mullan as old Tommy and Jack Lowden as the son - face triumphs and setbacks.” – Daily Mail (UK) Jul 7, 2017 Full Review The Last Word (2017) 40% 4/5 EDIT “The end is moving, but there's acid fun on the way.” – Daily Mail (UK) Jul 7, 2017 Full Review The Midwife (2017) 88% 5/5 EDIT “Provost's film is an altogether beautiful thing, a single vision (writer-director) throbbing with truthful understanding of women, and sorrow, regret, salvation and vegetable gardening.” – Daily Mail (UK) Jul 7, 2017 Full Review Julieta (2016) 84% 5/5 EDIT “A melancholy tapestry of love, passing years, unresolved guilt, family tension and deaths.” – Daily Mail (UK) Aug 25, 2016 Full Review War Dogs (2016) 62% 4/5 EDIT “Rather unexpectedly, I loved it. You learn a lot, all pretty unsavoury, about what supplies these overseas American wars, and are unwillingly drawn in to the excitement and risk of business, even while shuddering and snorting with ... laughter.” – Daily Mail (UK) Aug 25, 2016 Full Review Nine Lives (2016) 14% 3/5 EDIT “Nine Lives does a favour to us Kevin Spacey fans: who would not approve of having him trapped in the body of a cuddly cat?” – Daily Mail (UK) Aug 25, 2016 Full Review 4/5 EDIT “The language is pleasingly salty-Aussie - 'shut yer leafhole!' - and the wisdom basic: stick by your mates, even Dads mess up sometimes, and 'always fart downwind'.” – Daily Mail (UK) Aug 25, 2016 Full Review Swallows and Amazons (2016) 94% 5/5 EDIT “It is all shocking, and absolutely splendid. The music turns your heart to mush and the performances are flawless, including a cameo from Harry Enfield as the farmer.” – Daily Mail (UK) Aug 25, 2016 Full Review
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