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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 Alan W (854) on 21 May 2018

Saoirse Ronan turns in another fine performance of a very young, virginal newlywed who hasn't a clue about the world, marries her first love…

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By Robert H (1,967) on 21 May 2018

Hint of overacting by Billy Howle. A lovely sad tale, without so much as a glimmer of hope…

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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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By Ryan Gilbey (367) for New Statesman (382) on 20 May 2018

Self-sabotagingly tasteful and fatally polite; so unwilling to take risks that the comforts of convention become preferable to any potentially…

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By Tomris Laffly (460) for Film School Rejects (1,198) on 20 May 2018

In an era where mainstream cinema often makes light of young sex with awkwardly comedic stories, On Chesil Beach almost defiantly rejects to…

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By Maryann Johanson (2,701) for Flick Filosopher (2,694) on 20 May 2018

This stilted, utterly implausible film manages the astonishing feat of being both histrionic and monotonous at the same time, trolling us with…

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By Bilge Ebiri (1,050) for Village Voice (8,525) on 18 May 2018

A movie can and should stand on its own, of course, but it still needs to find a way to give weight and scope to this intimate miniature…

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By Simran Hans (401) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 18 May 2018

The film is pleasingly thorny on the subject of intimacy, sexual dysfunction and trauma…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 17 May 2018

You watch the movie like you read a book, which leads to eventual tedium…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 17 May 2018

A highly acceptable, somewhat starched drama of crossed love. But the film fully comes into its own on the beach…

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By Emily Yoshida (237) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 17 May 2018

Unfortunately McEwan, adapting his own work, and first-time director Dominic Cooke, have a hard time rendering the touchy, interior subject…

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By Pete Hammond (936) for Deadline Hollywood Daily (332) on 17 May 2018

In one of the quickest reteamings in history, Saoirse Ronan and Billy Howle are back together after last week's release of The Seagull in this…

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By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Common Sense Media (4,943) on 17 May 2018

The material -- playing with time, innocence, and sexuality -- is strong, and the actors are game, but the movie is too long and relies on…

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By Brian Thompson (55) for Film Threat (5,156) on 17 May 2018

Even if we give On Chesil Beach the thematic benefit of the doubt that is a brilliant exercise in extreme subtlety, Cooke seriously botches…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 17 May 2018

Saoirse Ronan against showcases her versatility in this quietly powerful British romance…

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By Deborah Ross (530) for The Spectator (1,162) on 17 May 2018

you carry on caring and hoping and praying, even if the characters do end up being slightly distant and beyond our reach…

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