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By Jim Judy (1,199) for Screen It! (1,437) on 24 May 2018

Despite those objections, the film still has a certain pull and engagement factor, and Ronan is as good as usual.(Full Content Review for Parents…

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By Chris Knight (998) for National Post (1,405) on 24 May 2018

A few just-for-the-movie scenes do the story its greatest disservice. It's not enough to derail the film completely…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 23 May 2018

An elegant but heartbreaking tale of a love affair that blossoms at a time of sexual repression-the early 1960s-and collapses in recrimination…

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By Eve Macsweeney (4) for Vogue (149) on 23 May 2018

McEwan's genius is in allowing us to read the minds of his protagonists while reminding us that they cannot read each other's…

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By Peter Howell (1,731) for Toronto Star (3,601) on 23 May 2018

There's splendid acting across the board and assured direction by Cooke, a stage veteran making his feature debut…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 23 May 2018

The ending is very different from the novella, and I was surprised at its shameless, ruthless emotional effectiveness…

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By Calvin Wilson (480) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 23 May 2018

If you think this is just another exercise in arthouse cinema, you're in for a surprise…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 23 May 2018

On Chesil Beach, Dominic Cooke’s adaptation of Ian McEwan’s bestseller, features a couple of outstanding performances, but you have to…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 23 May 2018

The film is beautifully cast and stage director Dominic Cooke, making his feature debut, has made it resplendent with period detail except…

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By Tom Russo (407) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 23 May 2018

Veteran London theater director Dominic Cooke (the BBC’s “The Hollow Crown”) and acclaimed novelist Ian McEwan adapt the fractured-narrative…

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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Denerstein Unleashed (254) on 23 May 2018

In all, On Chisel Beach is a well-acted movie that feels more slender than it probably should, neither an insular chamber piece nor a full-blown…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 23 May 2018

As a romance, it's quite lovely, and that is both the point of and the subversion within McEwan's tale…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 22 May 2018

On Chesil Beach can feel like observing a deli worker slice a small piece of rancid cured meat, in increasingly transparent slivers of prosciutto-like…

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By Harry Guerin (318) for RTÉ (Ireland) (721) on 22 May 2018

Despite the matrimonial mismatch, Howell's chemistry with Ronan makes them a great couple and McEwan - adapting his own work - has done a fine…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 May 2018

As entertainment, On Chesil Beach isn’t remotely satisfying, but it does deserve credit for being weird…

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By Danielle Solzman (397) for Solzy at the Movies (339) on 21 May 2018

On Chesil Beach doesn't quite rise up to to the level of previous adaptations of Ian McEwan's works…

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By Matthew Bond (673) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 20 May 2018

Wonderful, albeit in a breaking-your-heart, blinking-back-the-tears kind of way…

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By Tom Shone (158) for Sunday Times (UK) (753) on 20 May 2018

Ronan brings to this role something of the radiance and tart intelligence she showed in Brooklyn and Lady Bird…

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By Tom Birchenough (50) for The Arts Desk (640) on 20 May 2018

On Chesil Beach has been a film of close sensitivity, in which Saoirse Ronan - musician that she is - plays never less than exquisitely…

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By Nick Hilton (15) for CineVue (2,163) on 20 May 2018

Put simply, the adaptation doesn’t work and the movie is instantly forgettable…

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