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Hampstead

2017

Joel Hopkins

Diane Keaton, Brendan Gleeson, Lesley Manville, James Norton ...

5.0

621

Romance. Drama An American widow finds unexpected love with a man living wild on Hampstead Heath when they take on the developers who want to destroy his home. Though Emily (Diane Keaton) and Donald (Brendan Gleeson) live in the same idyllic London neighborhood of Hampstead, the worlds they inhabit could not be more different. She is an American widow occupying a posh apartment she can no longer afford and filling her time with charity work as she ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Guy Lodge Variety	"That the film’s two lovable stars never quite click may come down to miscalculated star chemistry, but it’s hard to tell with a thin, too-cute screenplay (...) that plays to neither actor’s wryest or wonkiest strengths."
		Angie Errigo Empire	"A slight, modestly sweet and mildly charming affair (...) aimed at the older cinemagoer (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Robbie Collin Telegraph	"A hair-moultingly twee and staggeringly unconvincing romantic comedy (...) A squib of an entirely new order of sogginess (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"
		Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter	"These yin and yang performers complement each other nicely (...) It’s just a shame that the vehicle which has brought them together is so insipid."
		Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"[It lacks] either the subtlety or star power of 'Their Finest' (...) With a musical score so saccharine it might conceivably send elderly viewers into a diabetic coma"
		Jason Solomons The Wrap	"To say this is old-fashioned cinema is slightly off — it’s cinema fashioned for the old (...) [It] tries to tie things up too neatly and stumbles a bit as it goes (...) But Keaton’s terrific"
		Dave Calhoun Time Out	"This is an unapologetically fluffy film that never digs deep into its characters’ lives. Its pleasures are patchy. Keaton offers an endearing performance (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"It is one of those stories in which everything has been deodorised (...) The drawback here is the utter lack of pungency. This film doesn’t smell real at all (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"

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