Drama Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

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Review

Marching Powder review – a proper, proper gaffe

by Adam Woodward

Nick Love and Dan­ny Dyer are back with yet anoth­er boor­ish, small-mind­ed take on the foot­ball hooli­gan genre.

3
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
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Review

The Last Showgirl review – dreamy and low-key to a fault

by Mark Asch

Pamela Ander­son excels as an over-the-hill Vegas show­girl see­ing out her notice peri­od in this low-key, vibey back­stage dra­ma from Gia Coppola.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

I’m Still Here review – memory as resistance

by Rafa Sales Ross

Wal­ter Salles returns to nar­ra­tive film­mak­ing with a sen­si­tive depic­tion of the forced dis­ap­pear­ance of for­mer con­gress­man Rubens Pai­va, and the dev­as­ta­tion his fam­i­ly faced.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

September Says review – uncanny and tender

by Hannah Strong

Two sis­ters share an unshak­able bond in Ari­ane Labed’s unique­ly strange fea­ture debut.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy review – pleasant but forgettable

by Hannah Strong

Renée Zell­weger dons her big knick­ers again as the fraz­zled hero­ine, this time get­ting her groove back after her hus­band’s death.

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Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Cottontail review – Lily Franky gives another stunning performance

by Josh Slater-Williams

Lily Franky stars in this ten­der tale about a father and son trav­el­ling from Tokyo to the Lake Dis­trict to scat­ter his late wife’s ashes.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Memoir of a Snail – a stop-motion marvel with a dark heart

by David Jenkins

The life of a snail-fix­at­ed lon­er plays out as a series of dis­as­ters in this stri­dent­ly emo­tion­al ani­mat­ed fea­ture from Aus­tralian film­mak­er, Adam Elliot.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

The Seed of the Sacred Fig review – a melodrama of resistance

by Mark Asch

An Iran­ian judge appoint­ed to Tehran’s Rev­o­lu­tion­ary Court grap­ples with dis­sent both at work and at home in Moham­mad Rasoulof’s polit­i­cal­ly charged thriller.

5
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

The Fire Inside review – a sporting biog that lacks originality

by David Jenkins

Rachel Mor­ri­son directs a script by Bar­ry Jenk­ins with this sad­ly-under­whelm­ing under­dog box­ing biopic of Cla­res­sa ​“T‑Rex” Shields.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Bring Them Down review – a chilling neo-western

by Hannah Strong

Ten­sions reach fever pitch in a rur­al Irish farm­ing com­mu­ni­ty in Christo­pher Andrews’ fierce fea­ture debut.

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Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect