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By Mark Kermode (1,002) for The Observer (UK) (826) on 02 Mar 2022

While The Duke is never quite as surprising as the case that inspired it, it nonetheless retains a much-needed astringent streak…

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By Christopher Machell (333) for CineVue (2,163) on 28 Feb 2022

Though the grins, laughter and cheering of the film’s climax is a little too heavy on the sweetness, it’s a harder heart than mine that…

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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 26 Feb 2022

The Duke is that rarest of things: a comedy that knows that a twinkle in the eye and a fire in the belly needn’t be mutually exclusive…

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By Ryan Leston (31) for IGN (1,013) on 25 Feb 2022

The Duke sets up a hilarious social satire under the guise of a comedy crime caper, with buckets of British humor…

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By Tara Brady (805) for The Irish Times (483) on 25 Feb 2022

This is one of those snappy, well-formed Brit-coms that one expects to see reworked as a Full Monty- or Kinky Boots-style Broadway show…

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By David Jenkins (910) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 25 Feb 2022

A jolly throwback to a time when flip, breezy British comedies came freighted with substance, and lots of charismatic performances to boot…

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By John Nugent (191) for Empire (3,446) on 24 Feb 2022

The kind of heist movie that will steal your affections from under your nose…

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By Phil De Semlyen (265) for Time Out (7,510) on 21 Feb 2022

One token racism subplot aside, it juggles big ideas of social justice with more intimate moments of family life beautifully…

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By Gary Goldstein (1,089) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 10 Dec 2021

Michell, working off a jaunty script by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman, keeps the action bubbling along with little room to ponder the stranger-than-fiction…

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By Chris Barsanti (896) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 09 Sep 2021

The film misses an opportunity to delve particularly deeply into the keenly relevant issues of inequality and social disconnection that so…

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By Xan Brooks (287) for The Guardian (2,969) on 14 Sep 2020

What a lovely, rousing, finally moving film this is…

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By Deborah Young (235) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 14 Sep 2020

A funny-moving story enjoyably retold with classic British understatement and just the right twist at the end…

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By Jessica Kiang (522) for The Playlist (3,871) on 14 Sep 2020

You could dine on nothing but lard for twenty years and still not develop the hardness of heart necessary to avoid being won over by Roger…

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By Guy Lodge (731) for Variety (12,700) on 14 Sep 2020

The Duke is a romp first and foremost: Michell’s merry direction makes sure of that. But its stars put a small, dignified lump in its throat…

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By Nicholas Barber (220) for IndieWire (3,631) on 14 Sep 2020

If you suspect The Duke is on the cosy and nostalgic side of the cinematic spectrum, you might be right…

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By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 14 Sep 2020

Michell’s film is as defiantly traditional as the wallpaper which decorates the Bunton’s house…

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