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By Peter Travers (3,602) for ABC News (186) on 05 Nov 2021

No wonder Kenneth Branagh’s funny, touching and vital look at his own coming of age in Northern Ireland’s turbulent capital city is the…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 04 Nov 2021

It’s a pity this one isn’t a little more distinctive and sharply honed…

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By Chris Tilly (98) for IGN (1,013) on 24 Oct 2021

Belfast is a love letter to both a city, and the ghosts of Kenneth Branagh’s past…

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By Zhuo-Ning Su (21) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 14 Oct 2021

While often amusing, Belfast‘s script only succeeds on an anecdotal level…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 13 Oct 2021

Love letters to the past are always addressed to an illusion, yet this is such a seductive piece of myth-making from Branagh…

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By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 17 Sep 2021

The result is engaging, tender film-making which tugs at the heart-strings, spurred by a sympathetic cast and the young lead, newcomer Jude Hill…

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By Richard Lawson (539) for Vanity Fair (761) on 17 Sep 2021

What works best about Belfast is what Branagh doesn’t do…

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By Mark Hanson (70) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 16 Sep 2021

Kenneth Branagh's film understands the malleability of memory, and it embodies cinema’s ability to offer a kind of escapism, but up until…

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By Monica Castillo (380) for The Playlist (3,871) on 13 Sep 2021

The parts of the movie that are going to resonate the most have the pacing they need to bring up one’s own memories of listening to a grandparent’s…

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By Steve Pond (235) for TheWrap (3,203) on 13 Sep 2021

The film feels true in the way it must be exploring Branagh’s memories of a tumultuous and confusing time, and the way it pays tribute to…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 13 Sep 2021

The affectionate cine-memoir is rendered all the more effective on account of young discovery Jude Hill and its portrayal of a close-knit family…

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By Stephen Farber (295) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 13 Sep 2021

Branagh’s most personal film is imperfect, but the emotion that it builds in the final section, as the family plays out a wrenching universal…

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By Chris Evangelista (306) for Slashfilm (971) on 13 Sep 2021

It's a handsomely-made film with a game cast, and it's clear that it's a very special project for Branagh…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for IndieWire (3,631) on 13 Sep 2021

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, and this scattershot crowd-pleaser renders them both in such broad strokes that it seems…

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By Leah Greenblatt (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 07 Sep 2021

Branagh's genuine affection and nostalgia for his subject suffuse the movie; if only the misty romanticism of his story could match it…

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