Released on: 2006
Rating: 7.30
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Heartbeats – review
There is a new wave-ish feel to this love-triangle between three close friends in Quebec, which co-stars its precocious director, Xavier Dolan. By Peter Bradshaw
Twenty-two-year-old Xavier Dolan directs and stars in this talky triangle of love, set in French-speaking Quebec. He is Francis, a gay man who is best friends with Maria (Monia Chokri). She is straight, but their friendship is tested severely when they both conceive a passion for a new kid on the block: gorgeous, blond Nicolas (Niels Schneider). They are mad about the boy. But Nicolas, perhaps almost without realising it, has a genius for teasing and manipulating them. The precocious Dolan has certainly shown his talent in putting a plausible feature film together, his second. He interestingly tries for a new wave-ish feel, with hints of Bande а Part and Jules et Jim. But there is something rather flimsy about Heartbeats. That said, it certainly»
- Peter Bradshaw
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules – review
Funnier and faster than its predecessor, this sequel is the first live-action film by David Bowers, who directed Flushed Away. By Phelim O'Neill
David "Flushed Away" Bowers brings a lot of slick, comic energy to his first live-action feature, making it funnier and faster than its charming predecessor. Wimpy kid Greg is still negotiating the minefield of pre-teen life, but this time it's his big brother Rodrick who provides him with trouble when the pair find themselves home alone for the weekend. So many movies aimed at this age group aim low with crude, slapstick humour, but this one, despite such tried and tested routines as chocolate-stained trousers, manages to be restrained enough to be actually entertaining.
Rating: 3/5
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- Phelim O'Neill
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