Dev Patel Reviews and Articles | Little White Lies

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Review

Monkey Man review – a ferocious, rough-hewn directorial debut

by Kambole Campbell

Dev Patel emerges as a com­pelling action star in his direc­to­r­i­al debut Mon­key Man, a scrap­py revenge tale set in a fic­tion­alised Indi­an city where cor­rup­tion is rife.

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In Retrospect
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Review

The Green Knight

by Hannah Strong

Dev Patel and Ralph Ine­son face off in David Lowery’s adap­ta­tion of a pop­u­lar Arthuri­an leg­end, with styl­ish results.

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Review

The Personal History of David Copperfield

by Lou Thomas

Arman­do Ian­nuc­ci trades satire for spir­it­ed peri­od com­e­dy in a Charles Dick­ens adap­ta­tion for the ages.

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Review

Hotel Mumbai

by Adam Woodward

Antho­ny Maras depicts a real-life tragedy in this grim action-thriller.

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In Retrospect
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Review

Lion

by David Jenkins

Dev Patel plays a dis­placed orphan retrac­ing his roots in Garth Davis’ sen­ti­men­tal drama.

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Review

The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

A return to that sun­ny out­post for the elder­ly and infirm ush­ers light­ly dimin­ish­ing returns.

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