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| All Critics Count For The Look of Love : 40 | |
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| All Critics Ranting For The Look of Love : 6.1 | |
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| Steve Coogan,Anna Friel,Imogen Poots,Tamsin Egerton,Stephen Fry,David Walliams,Simon Bird (IV),Annette Bening,Robin Williams,Amy Brenneman,Matt Lucas | |
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| There's something a bit over-familiar here - in a solidly entertaining, made-for-telly, nothing-we-haven't-seen-before, way. Cath Clarke-Time Out Steve Coogan's performance is consistently amusing, but the poignant dimensions the director appears to be seeking don't quite come together. David Rooney-Hollywood Reporter Though all the performances are very good, much of Look's entertainment value comes from an impressive tech package that captures the shifting fashions of swinger-favored pop-culture garishness over the pic's roughly 25-year period. Dennis Harvey-Variety Winterbottom and Coogan redefined the modern biopic with 24 Hour Party People. Here, they try and squeeze themselves into an old-fashioned one, awkwardly. CJ Johnson-ABC Radio (Australia) Far from the swinging '60s or sleazy '70s so often portrayed with glee on screen, the London of Paul Raymond's world feels grim, dark and, ultimately, devoid of passion. Ed Gibbs-The Sun Herald Biographies are of great interest if they illuminate their subject and reveal layers, complexities, contradictions and weaknesses in a coherent story. This one is not quite all that Andrew L. Urban-Urban Cinefile As the self-obsessed Raymond, Steve Coogan is perfectly cast, brazenly indulging in his every sexual fantasy Louise Keller-Urban Cinefile Though this might be the least of their four creative collaborations... The Look of Love provides the same unique pleasure exclusive to their pairings: an opportunity for the oft-misused Coogan to shine. Simon Miraudo-Quickflix The film begins after Debbie's death, with Raymond watching a documentary about her life. No sooner has this started than the action switches to a second documentary. Even Citizen Kane only needed one documentary-within-the-film, for goodness sake. Ryan Gilbey-New Statesman This fascinating story is told with vivid style, a terrific use of actual settings and a strong cast. Rich Cline-Shadows on the Wall The film tells this story with gaudy brio, but the tone is wildly uneven, veering between Swinging 60s romp, nudge-wink satire and cautionary fable, as if Winterbottom and Greenhalgh couldn't decide what film they were making or who Raymond really was. Jason Best-Movie Talk The unedifying spectacle is cut with sadness. Ed Whitfield-The Ooh Tray A disappointingly crude and shallow biography ... Philip French-Observer [UK] This version of the baron isn't even allowed to become anything so interesting as an enigma. It's Steve Coogan - only less so. Donald Clarke-Irish Times It's more than a disappointment -- it's a puzzlement. How did Michael Winterbottom, who's made so many intriguing movies that veer well away from the cautious, make a film so tediously conservative...? MaryAnn Johanson-Flick Filosopher Michael Winterbottom vividly recreates swinging 1960s London in this biopic about one of Soho's most notorious figures. It's a lively and attention-grabbing film, but the cast and filmmakers never create a character we can identify with or care about. Rich Cline-Contactmusic.com The net result might be an over-stretched story lacking in drama and tension, but it's also a good period study with a fine central performance from the maturing Coogan. Graham Young-Birmingham Mail Director Michael Winterbottom has achieved the impossible: he has made a biopic of Paul Raymond, Britain's most colourful porn baron, that's unobservant, unerotic and dull. Christopher Tookey-Daily Mail [UK] Steve Coogan delivers a knock-out performance that renders the central figure in all of his complexity - at once admirable, deplorable and pitiable. Shaun Munro-What Culture This is a shallow but watchable movie, and it nicely conveys the world of semi-respectable Soho porn, sadder and tattier than its sleazier end, with its desperate champagne lunches and dreary afternoon hangovers. Peter Bradshaw-Guardian [UK] Raymond's tragic, 'tache-sporting rise-and-fall story is mildly fascinating at times, but as a comedic drama it isn't especially funny or dramatic. Stephen Carty-Flix Capacitor It's all basically a way of getting some exceptionally nice knockers onto the screen. Antonia Quirke-Financial Times If Raymond remains elusive his daughter Debbie blazes with an intensity that elevates the picture into much more dramatic and disturbing territory. Henry Fitzherbert-Daily Express | |
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