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By Greg R (1,187) on 08 Jan 2017

I enjoy stories like this where it doesn't focus on a typical 3 act structure, and instead is just a series of events…

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By Duncan K (642) on 28 Dec 2016

In my opinion this is the best of Raymond Briggs stories adapted for TV…

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By Steve B (1,343) on 28 Dec 2016

The best thing on TV this christmas (so far)…

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By Carolina R (35) on 31 Oct 2016

Thought this was the film where the old people got nuked…

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By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 29 Oct 2016

The animation style is appealing and unthreatening, but the film lacks the beguiling magic of The Snowman or the thematic potency of When the…

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By Mike Mccahill (552) for MovieMail (70) on 27 Oct 2016

Briggs's humanism and pacifism are the baselines here, and both the narrative and visuals keep finding ways to illustrate the uncertainties…

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By Trevor Johnston (624) for Radio Times (2,421) on 27 Oct 2016

The overall effect remains sincere and heart-warming, buoyed by ever-cheery vocal performances from Brenda Blethyn and Jim Broadbent…

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By Ed Potton (195) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 26 Oct 2016

Ethel & Ernest is the kind of contemplative grown-up animation that the Japanese have been making for decades but the British have never fully…

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By Alistair Harkness (1,042) for Scotsman (1,471) on 26 Oct 2016

A lovely and poignant animated adaptation of Raymond Briggs's picture book biography of his eponymous working class parents…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 26 Oct 2016

A modest, engaging feature that is as warm and welcome as a nice cup of tea…

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By Tim Robey (1,578) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 26 Oct 2016

Something about the familiarity of these voices, and their inescapable Mike Leigh-ishness in this setting, turns out to be exactly what the…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 26 Oct 2016

It's an engaging film, but it leaves you with a feeling that there might be a deeper, darker, more specific story yet to be told…

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By Geoffrey Macnab (1,253) for Independent (UK) (2,026) on 26 Oct 2016

This is a wonderfully evocative and well observed animated feature that plays like a cartoon equivalent of Noel Coward's This Happy Breed…

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By Anna Smith (519) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 26 Oct 2016

If the first 15 minutes of Up were set in London, animated by Raymond Briggs and stretched into a feature-length film, it might look a bit like this…

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By Kate Stables (138) for Total Film (3,532) on 23 Oct 2016

The storytelling can feel a bit plodding, but Jim Broadbent's exuberant Ernest and Brenda Blethyn's timid, upwardly mobile Ethel give the marriage…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for The List (2,018) on 23 Oct 2016

Blethyn and Broadbent bring Ethel and Ernest to life with a pair of wonderful voice performances that convincingly capture the couple at every…

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By Stefan Pape (613) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 15 Oct 2016

The real accomplishment here is now having this beautiful affair immortalised through cinema…

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