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Review of Nae Pasaran (2018)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 21 Aug 2018

Modest, eloquent, informed and funny, the four are dream interviewees, able to recall in painstaking detail the events of the time…

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Review of Spring Breakers (2013)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 21 Aug 2018

A hip, American version of The In-Betweeners it certainly is. But its sheer outrageousness, wit, and daring lend it a certain charm…

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Review of A Street Cat Named Bob (2016)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 21 Aug 2018

Yes, the picture is too cute for its own good - who thought shooting some scenes from the cat's point of view was a good idea…

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Review of Incredibles 2 (2018)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 21 Aug 2018

Bird's screenplay mines every last drop of comedy from this role reversal set up, and then digs deeper to find some more…

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Review of Swimming with Men (2018)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 21 Aug 2018

Swimming with Men wants to be The Full Monty, but despite the likeable Brydon and others, it's about as funny as a verruca…

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Review of The Intern (2010)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 21 Aug 2018

The Brooklyn setting looks fabulous, with everyone living a glossy mag lifestyle, but nothing about the situation rings true and the comedy…

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Review of The Transfiguration (2016)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 21 Aug 2018

With strong echoes of Let the Right One In, it is the setting that makes [director Michael] O'Shea's picture distinctive, and when he is mining…

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Review of The Happy Prince (2018)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 21 Aug 2018

Everett the wit does not forget to deliver laughs along the way, even at the story's close…

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Review of Snatched (2017)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 21 Aug 2018

But come on - Schumer has genuinely funny bones, and who doesn't like Goldie Hawn in anything…

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Review of Solace (2015)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 21 Aug 2018

But then nobody brings a touch of class to nonsense quite like Hopkins, an actor who can make the most bizarre of lines seem plausible…

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Review of Daddy's Home 2 (2017)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 21 Aug 2018

Gibson has always been to comedy what Santa Claus is to Easter, but every time he appears on screen he kills any notion of seasonal fun stone dead…

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Review of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 21 Aug 2018

Ritchie's movie is posing from the off. As such, this Man from U.N.C.L.E is one very poor relation…

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Review of All Eyez on Me (2017)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 21 Aug 2018

Overlong, fawning, and with a straightforward narrative style that makes the story of Shakur's life plod along, All Eyez on Me (the title coming…

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Review of Hereditary (2018)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 21 Aug 2018

Has moments to wobble the collys, and makes sharp points about motherhood and duty, but as the hysteria mounts the credibility fades…

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Review of The Intern (2015)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 21 Aug 2018

The Brooklyn setting looks fabulous, with everyone living a glossy mag lifestyle, but nothing about the situation rings true and the comedy…

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Review of Brotherhood (2016)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 21 Aug 2018

If you think the acting is dodgy, wait till the dialogue gets going…

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Review of Shell (2012)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 21 Aug 2018

A bleak tale but Pirrie is terrific, turning in a performance that is as fragile as her namesake, with Mawle memorable as the dad living in the past…

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Review of Allied (2016)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 21 Aug 2018

But that lack of chemistry undermines everything, while the last act reveal weakens the film's impact film still further, making it feel like…

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Review of Solace (2006)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 21 Aug 2018

But then nobody brings a touch of class to nonsense quite like Hopkins, an actor who can make the most bizarre of lines seem plausible…

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Review of Sisters (2015)

By Alison Rowat (245) for The Herald (Scotland) (244) on 21 Aug 2018

The floor belongs to Fey and Poehler though, the female comedians striking back against the Star Wars empire. Good luck to them…

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Alison Rowat has written reviews for:

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