Comedy Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Comedy

Young woman with long dark hair wearing a white blouse and red skirt, sitting in a dimly lit room clutching a white dove.
Review

Catherine, Called Birdy

by Hannah Strong

A teenager in Medieval Lincolnshire contends with suitors and friendship problems in Lena Dunham’s winsome coming-of-age dramedy.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A person in dark clothing seated at a white table in a bright pink room.
Review

Strawberry Mansion

by Charles Bramesco

A dream auditor becomes caught up with an ageing eccentric in Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney’s highly imaginative feature.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Adolescent boy in striped jumper reading comics in a shop.
Review

Funny Pages

by Hannah Strong

A teenage cartoonist searches for authenticity in writer/​director Owen Kline’s pleasingly grubby debut feature.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Four young people in casual attire, looking concerned or distressed, against a curtained backdrop.
Review

Bodies Bodies Bodies

by Hannah Strong

Halina Reijn’s amusing second feature satirises Gen Z nihilism but doesn’t have much to say about the pop culture stereotypes it depicts.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two adults, a uniformed police officer and a man in a suit, standing in an interior setting.
Review

See How They Run

by Hannah Strong

An all-star cast can’t save this predictable, often irritating attempt at putting a twist on Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, standing in front of a concrete wall. The man wears a patterned blue shirt, and the woman wears a black top and metallic gold trousers.
Review

Official Competition

by David Jenkins

Penélope Cruz excels as a preening arthouse filmmaker in this delicious satire of making art without compromise.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two silhouetted figures facing each other in a dimly lit, ornate interior with arched windows and plants.
Review

Mr. Malcolm’s List

by Emma Fraser

A charming cast bring out the best in this frothy Austenesque period romance.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two women facing each other, against a backdrop of the ocean and rocky coastline.
Review

Anaïs in Love

by Jasmine Valentine

A flighty young woman sets out to seduce a lover’s girlfriend in Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s charming queer romance.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A mature man in a white shirt sits at a desk, holding a red book with Spanish text.
Review

The Good Boss

by David Jenkins

The always-great Javier Bardem punches below his weight in this naggingly light comedy of workplace manners.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Man in cold weather gear, holding a mannequin, surrounded by rocky terrain and hills.
Review

Brian and Charles

by Laura Venning

Jim Archer expands on his 2017 short film about an eccentric Welsh inventor and his robot companion with a feature-length adaptation.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect