Nobody quite does horror the way that Hammer Studios does. It’s nice to sit down and watch a horror film and be genuinely scared rather than have to sit back and watch countless people hacked up for some sicko’s pleasure, no The Woman In Black goes back to that old Hitchcock style horror that has you jumping out of your seat throughout the film.

Based on a novel by Susan Hill The Woman In Black follows a depressed lawyer named Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Parts 1 + 2) who despite having a young son, Joseph (Misha Handley – newcomer) has never really recovered from the death of his worth.

In a bid to save his job Arthur takes a trip to a mysterious coastal town where he is to settle the estate of a recently deceased estate. Once there though he discovers that the estate consists of a mansion that all the locals warn Arthur not to go to.

Despite their warnings Arthur goes to the mansion and after he sees some mysterious events there the children of the village start dying. Soon the town’s people don’t want to have anything to do with Arthur, all except for Sam (Ciaran Hinds – John Carter, Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance) and his wife (Janet McTeer – Albert Nobbs, Island) whose own son was the victim of a tragic accident.

Director, James Watkins (Eden Lake) keeps the audience on the edge of their seat after easing them with a slow opening that does consist of some alarming deaths… let’s just say that this is one horror film that isn’t scared to kill kids.

Watkins uses every tool in the horror handbook (except gore) to scare his audience and he is certainly one director that isn’t afraid to show that good old-fashioned sound effects can still terrify an audience within an inch of their life.

He also owes the screenwriters a hell of a lot because they really have come up with a good supernatural thriller that never allows the audience to predict what is happening at all. The ending may be a little weak but the dark Gothic style of the film will leave even the hardened horror fan very happy indeed.

It does take a little while to get used to seeing Daniel Radcliffe in a role other than Harry Potter, but give it time as soon you find yourself accepting him as Arthur Kipps. Radcliffe performance is credible although you can’t help but wonder if he is a little too young to be cast as a father. Still he does surprisingly seem suited to period pieces and his performance here would suggest that he will in fact of an acting career outside of The Harry Potter series.

The Woman In Black is a return to old-school horror and shows that it still has a lease of life in modern cinema. This is a great supernatural thriller that is guaranteed to creep you out.

Year: 2012

Director: James Watkins

Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Misha Handley, Ciaran Hinds, Janet McTeer

Classification: M

Runtime: 95 mins

Rating:

Dave Griffiths

It’s very easy to sit back and point the figure at Iron Sky’s ordinary special effects, a cast of unknowns or even the fact the story is so far-fetched it’s hard to believe that a human could conceive it, but there is still something that you have to love about a film that despite its weaknesses still keeps you entertained for its entire running time.

The ‘out there’ plot tells the story of ‘moon Nazis’, a party of Nazis who in the closing stages of World War II left Earth and set-up a base on ‘the dark-side of the moon’. Now days the base is inhabited by Nazis including the determined (and in line to be Fuhrer) Klaus Adler (Gotz Otto – TV’S The Last Cop & Stuttgart Homicide) and his bride-to-be, the naïve Renate Richter (Julia Dietze – 205: Room Of Fear, Berlin Angels).

While the Nazis plan for an attack on Earth their plan is rushed forward, in the year 2018, when a space-shuttle containing astronaut, James Washington (Christopher Kirby – I Love You Too, Mao’s Last Dancer) lands near the base. The Nazis believe that it is a sign that there base is under attack when it is actually a political-stunt by U.S. President (Stephanie Paul – Separation City, The Frequency Of Claire) and her PR advisor, Vivian Wagner (Peta Sergeant – TV’S Satisfaction & Canal Road). The result is inter-galactic war.

The reason that Iron Sky works is because the screenwriters and director, Timo Vuorensola (Star Wreck: In The Pirkinning, Norjalainen huora) doesn’t let the film take itself too seriously. They know that the film is ‘out there’ and they film it in such a way that they are making fun of themselves without ever dipping into complete parody.

In fact when you take a look at the script it actually has some ‘intelligent’ aspects. The Sarah Palin-esque President is a great touch, but it is when the film takes a mighty swing at U.S. politics and the U.N. that you begin to realize that the screenwriters have used ‘comedy’ to mask a pretty serious message… one that you may or may not agree with.

It is also worth noting that the screenwriters don’t really make light of the Nazi party so nobody should be too concerned that the film will offend anyone. It’s a thin line that the screenwriters skate, but they do it remarkably well.

Some of the acting is a little wooden and at times poor old Christopher Kirby has to suffer wearing some very ordinary special-effects make-up but the star of the show really is Julia Dietze. She is brilliant from start to finish and even if Iron Sky does nothing else it has certainly put this talented actress on the map.

Iron Sky isn’t for everybody but if you enjoy a sci-fi that is a little left-of-centre but doesn’t become a farce than you certainly won’t be disappointed if you give it a glance.

Year: 2012

Director: Timo Vuorensola

Stars: Julia Dietze, Peta Sergeant, Stephanie Paul, Gotz Otto, Christopher Kirby

Classification: M

Runtime: 93 mins

Rating:

Dave Griffiths

Sacha Baron Cohen (Hugo, Bruno) set the comedy world alight with one of the finest (and funniest) comedy films of all time with Borat, but then bombed out terribly with Bruno, a film that was so bad it could arguably be one of the worst comedy films of all time. Everybody knows that Sacha Baron Cohen has talent, the main question is does he bring his A-game to The Dictator.

The film takes a fictional look at Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen) a dictator in the ilk of Kim Jong Il who rules over the land of Waadeya. However, his dream of creating nuclear weapons for ‘peaceful’ reasons put the world on edge and he is called to appear before the U.N. in America.

Aladeen’s trip to the U.S. is turned on it’s head however by a plan thought up by his Uncle Tamir (Ben Kingsley – Noah’s Ark: The New Beginning, Hugo) who wants to see the end of the dictatorship and Waadeya making its oil resources available to the world for profit.

Tamir’s plan soon sees Aladeen replaced by an imposter and then forced to roam the streets of the U.S., where nobody knows his name. Soon, he is calling upon Zoey (Anna Faris – Alvin & The Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, What’s Your Number?), a woman he would normally despise, to help him with a job.

But it is when he finds an ally in fellow-countrymen and former Waadeyain nuclear scientist, Nadal (Jason Matzoukas – The Bluegrass Brainwash Conspiracy, TV’S The Life And Times Of Tim) that Aladeen is able to put together a plan that may see him return to power.

The thing that really holds The Dictator back as a film is that we know that Sacha Baron Cohen and director, Larry Charles (Outnumbered, TV’S Curb Your Enthusiasm) are capable of so much more. There are times in The Dictator where the comedy is red hot, there are also times when the film makes a valuable point (think back to Aladeen’s speech about democracy and America), but it is the in between bits, the bits that see the comedy go beneath the gutter and into the storm water drain below that really hold the film back… and that itself is a shame.

Likewise Sacha Baron Cohen is okay as Aladeen but when you’ve seen the skills her has shown in Borat, Hugo or Sweeney Todd you know only too well that his performance here could have been a lot better. The same could be said for Anna Faris, at one stage in her career she showed promise but if her last few films are anything to go on, she is going backwards quickly.

At least cameos from people such as Megan Fox (Friends With Kids, Passion Play) slide into the film remarkably well and it would be a crime not to mention that Bobby Lee (Paul, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas) steals every scene he is in as the hilarious Mr. Lao… now there is a character that deserves his own film.

Parts of The Dictator do work very well, but when it dips out it does so in spectacular fashion. This is one film that can only be marked as ‘could have been better’.

Year: 2012

Director: Larry Charles

Stars: Sacha Baron Cohen, Ben Kingsley, Jason Mantzoukas, Anna Faris, Bobby Lee, Megan Fox

Classification: MA15+

Runtime: 83 mins

Rating:

Dave Griffiths

With any ordinary director at the helm, Dark Shadows would have become the shallow comedy that its trailer hinted it could be. But Dark Shadows isn’t directed by any ordinary director, no it has the legendary Tim Burton (Alice In Wonderland, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street) in charge… and with his unique sense of humor infused into this dark tale you have a very good film indeed.

Based on a television series Dark Shadows tells the story of Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp – 21 Jump Street, The Rum Diary) a young man who is cursed by a witch, Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green – Perfect Sense, Womb), and becomes a vampire whom is then imprisoned for 200 years.

When Barnabas is awakened her finds that Angelique has destroyed his family’s business and now pretty much ‘owns’ the town that his family set-up. Even the mansion he once lived in is in ruins as his distant relatives struggle to make a dime.

Barnabas arrives back at his old home and encourages his relatives, Elizabeth (Michelle Pfeiffer – New Year’s Eve, Personal Effects), Roger (Jonny Lee Miller – TV’S Emma & Dexter), Carolyn (Chloe Grace Moretz – Hugo, Hick), David (Gulliver McGrath – Hugo, The Long Night), the family doctor, Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter – Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Toast) and the butler, Willie (Jackie Earle Haley – Louis, A Nightmare On Elm Street) to help him rebuild his family empire and destroy Angelique.

And while trying to get used to the culture of the 1970s Barnabas also tries to find out how to impress the 1970s’ female when he finds himself falling for the Collins family governess, the mysterious girl who calls herself Victoria Winters (Bella Heathcote – In Time, Beneath Hill 60).

Tim Buton’s cool imagination runs riot with Dark Shadows and it is one of the things that makes the film work. The film’s humour works, and despite some of the jokes being really obvious it seems to fit with the films style. But more importantly Burton gets the right mix of comedy and darkness. As a result you like Barnabas as a character despite the fact that he does in fact kill innocent characters throughout the film.

The screenwriters need to be congratulated for that, but they also need to be thanked for not taking away any of the suspense that this film needs either. Together with Tim Burton they really have created a surprisingly good film.

As a credit to what a fine actor he is Johnny Depp manages to outshine everyone else even though this is an ensemble cast. He is unrecognizable as Barnabas, a role he seems to totally lap up. Eva Green gets the chance to announce herself as the ‘baddie’ but so many of the rest of the cast, such as Chloe Grace Moretz, really aren’t given enough screen time to allow them to shine. You especially feel sorry for poor Bella Heathcote who does nothing wrong but at times it feels like her character has been forgotten about by the script. Let’s hope that if a sequel gets made some of the other characters get a look in as well.

As far as a good mix of horror and comedy goes Dark Shadows works absolute wonders and is a joy to watch. Dark Shadows is a lot better than its trailer suggest and really does deserve to be seen on the big screen.

Year: 2012

Director: Tim Burton

Stars: Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Helena Bonham Carter, Eva Green, Jackie Earle Haley, Jonny Lee Miller, Bella Heathcote, Chloe Grace Moretz, Gullivar McGrath

Classification: M

Runtime: 113 mins

Rating:

Dave Griffiths

From the producers of Bridesmaids promises a lot for The Five-Year Engagement after all Bridesmaids is one of the funniest comedies to hit our screens for a long time. Unfortunately, the same can not be said for The Five-Year Engagement which works in parts, but also hit rock bottom a few times as well.

Tom Solomon (Jason Segel – The Muppets, Friends With Benefits) and Violet Barnes (Emily Blunt – The Muppets, Salmon Fishing In The Yemen) seem like the perfect couple, so it is no surprise when Tom pops the big question.

However, when Violet lands a plumb job in a leading university Tom and Violet put the wedding on hold, which horrifies parents such as Sylvia (Jackie Weaver – Summer Coda, Animal Kingdom) and lands Tom and Violet in a smaller (and colder town) where Violet’s career takes off under the guidance of Winton Childs (Rhys Ifans – Anonymous, Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows: Part 1) while Tom’s stalls as his chef qualifications are wasted as he works in a sandwich shop alongside the likes of the strange Tarquin (Brian Posehn – Lloyd The Conqueror, TV’S Holliston).

To put even more pressure on them as Tom and Violet keep pushing back the date for their wedding Violet’s sister, Suzie (Alison Brie – TV’S Community & Mad Men) marries Tom’s friend Alex (Chris Pratt – What’s Your Number?, Moneyball) and starts a family right away.

The first person who should be held responsible for what is wrong with The Five-Year Engagement should be director/screenwriter Nicholas Stoller (Get Him To The Greek, Forgetting Sarah Marshall) who blots his once perfect ‘directing-great-comedies’ book by allowing this film to run way too long, delivering some groan-worthy jokes and to have a hole in its plot as large as the one supposedly in the ozone player.

Does anyone that has watched this movie ever believed that a couple has to put a wedding on hold simply because they are going to relocate for a couple of years? That in itself doesn’t make sense and the film’s script just sadly gets worse as the unfunny jokes quickly erase the memories of the ones that do work. At the end of the day the script is so bad it even makes Emily Blunt look like a bad actress, and that is something that is nearly impossible to do.

The second person who needs to be held accountable for how bad The Five-Year Engagement is, is the leading actor Jason Segal. Segal has to be one of the most overrated actors in Hollywood. Here he drags down the rest of the cast with a pitiful performance, and clearly shows why he shouldn’t ever be cast as the romantic lead in any film. The fact he also co-wrote the script means he should get two strikes next to his name.

At the end of the day it’s actually the supporting cast that rescues this film from being completely unfunny. Brian Psehn steals a lot of the scenes he is while Alison Brie continues her fine comedic work from Community on the big screen and clearly outshines he own screen sister, Blunt. For any Aussies who are curious, Jacki Weaver is credible but really doesn’t get a lot to work with.

The Five-Year Engagement wishes it was as funny as Bridesmaids but a poor script and some poor acting really just makes it an average rom com.

Year: 2012

Director: Nicholas Stoller

Stars: Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt, Alison Brie, Jacki Weaver, Rhys Ifans, Brian Posehn

Classification: MA15+

Runtime: 124 mins

Rating:

Dave Griffiths

The Lucky One is like a guilty pleasure. Yes it is as corny as hell, and if you really think about the story at hand kinda creepy, yet there is still something about the way that it is written that makes it an okay film to watch.

Based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks (yes the same guy that brought us The Notebook and Dear John) The Lucky One begins with a U.S. marine, Logan (Zac Efron – Dr Seuss’ The Lorax, New Years Eve) who survives an explosion in Iraq because he is stopping to admire a photo he has found in the sand.

When he arrives back in the U.S. he decides to hunt down the girl in the photo and discovers it is Beth (Taylor Schilling – Dark Matter, TV’S Mercy) a young woman who runs a boarding kennel with her son, Ben (Riley Thomas Stewart – A Christmas Wedding Tail, TV’S NCIS) and her grandmother, Ellie (Blythe Danner – Hello I Must Be Going, What’s Your Number).

However, when Logan eventually tracks down Beth he can’t tell her why he is there and instead takes a job working with her at the boarding kennel. This soon causes problems for her with her jealous ex-husband, Keith (Jay R. Ferguson – TV’S Mad Men & Burn Notice).

You get the feeling that this one novel that hasn’t been well transferred to film. The book tells of a bedraggled looking Logan arriving in Beth’s town where here director, Scott Hicks (The Boys Are Back, No Reservations) has Zac Efron looking very much like a male model throughout the entire film.

Still if you can put aside the corniness there are some good moments in this film. The characters are likable and any audience member is lying if they say they don’t find themselves ‘barracking’ for Logan and Beth. The fact that Keith is always circulating does add a little suspense to the story because you simply can never work out exactly what he is capable of doing.

Zac Efron really does use this film to shine. Me And Orson Welles showed everyone that Efron can really act while The Lucky One reveals Efron to be a sex symbol for woman of all ages…not just the teeny boppers that lusted after him when they saw High School Musical. Efron is also well supported by Taylor Schilling who seems to have arrived on the scene from nowhere, but they are both overshadowed by Blythe Danner who seems to really relish her role.

Not the best romance to arrive in cinemas this year, but if you are looking for a film that sizzles with sexually chemistry between its leads then this is certainly the film for you. Not awful but not great.

Year: 2012

Director: Scott Hicks

Stars: Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Blythe Danner, Riley Thomas Stewart, Jay R. Ferguson

Classification: M

Runtime: 101 mins

Rating:

Dave Griffiths

Remember back in the good old 1980s and 1990s when action heroes never had to worry about be political correct or even batted an eyelid when they flew away a ton of innocent people while they were on a mission, well those days are back again in new action thriller Safe.

Mei (Catherine Chan – Aftershock) is a young girl that has a skill that most gangsters would kill for. So imagine how valuable she becomes when she also holds the key to a very important secret.

Soon Mei finds herself at the centre of a war between the Triads, led by Han Jiao (James Hong – Kung Fu Panda 2, Tattoo) and a Russian crime syndicate run by Emile Docheski (Sandor Tecsy – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Remember Me) and his son Vassily (Joseph Sikora – The Best Man For The Job, TV’S Boardwalk Empire).

Throw in some corrupt cops like Captain Wolf (Robert John Burke – TV’S NYC 22 & Army Wives) and the only person who can protect Mei is Luke Wright (Jason Statham – Killer Elite, Blitz) a man who has nothing to live for and has a score to settle with most of the men in the game.

Director/screenwriter Boaz Yakin (Death On Love, Uptown Girls) is obviously a fan of older action movies, and it really shows. Perhaps the most surprising thing is that Safe actually works. Yes there is a lot of mindless violence and a high body count but the characters of Mei and Luke are so well set up and written that you don’t want anything bad to happen even if that means Luke has to take out a restaurant full of people.

Yes the story at hand is far-fetched but few filmmakers have the ability to set up suspense the way Yakin does and at the end of the day it is the well shot action sequences and the fact that you’re on the edge of your seat for a majority of the film that makes it a winner.

Safe once again shows why Jason Statham is the action hero of the new generation but even he is overshadowed by Catherine Chan who is faultless in her first feature film. There are no look-at-me moments just Chan shining in every scene she is in no matter what she is called upon to do. She is certainly one actress to watch in the future.

There have been a lot of bad action movies made over the years, but Safe certainly isn’t one of them. Some great action sequences and a story that certainly keeps you entertained make for a great stylistic thriller.

Year: 2012

Director: Boaz Yakin

Stars: Jason Statham, Catherine Chan, Robert John Burke, James Hong, Sandor Tecsy, Joseph Sikora

Classification: MA15+

Runtime: 94 mins

Rating:

Dave Griffiths

Disney’s mission to do 3D conversions of their classics hit a bit of a snag with Lion King (the animation just didn’t convert to 3D well) but they bounce back with Beauty & The Beast 3D that ends up looking sensational on the big screen.

For those that haven’t seen the film already, it tells the story of Belle (voiced by Paige O’Hara – Enchanted, Disney Princess Party Volume Two), a young girl who lives in an ordinary village with her father, Maurice (Rex Everhart – TV’S Lincoln  & Square One TV).

Belle spends her days trying to brush off advances from the local himbo, Gaston (Richard White – TV’S Great Performances & House Of Mouse), cleaning up the messes that her father’s inventions have caused and dreaming of a life out of the ordinary.

Her wish for a new life comes true when her father is kidnapped by a Beast (Robby Benson – Brave New World, TV’S House Of Mouse). Belle swaps herself for her father and soon finds herself in an enchanted castle with new friends including Lumiere (Jerry Orbach – TV’S Law & Order & Law & Order: Trial By Jury) and Cogsworth (David Ogden Stiers – Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil, TV’S Leverage) who are doing everything they can to get Bella and Beast to fall in love to have a spell broken.

Even after twenty years both the story and the music of Beauty & The Beast hold up, and what makes it even better is that the shots that directors, Gary Trousdale (The Pig Who Cried Werewolf, Thriller Night) and Kirk Wise (Atlantis: The Lost Empire, The Hunchback Of Notre Dame) captured all those years look absolutely sensational in 3D. Disney certainly didn’t go for a cheap conversion and it shows.

Seeing Beauty & The Beast again also reminds you about the power of the script. The film gets across some pretty strong messages about judging people by their appearance rather than what is inside yet you never actually feel that it is preaching at you. Having that message come through loud and clear however makes this a wonderful watch for the whole family.

Beauty & The Beast really holds up after twenty years, and like Titanic earlier this year is one film that is actually enhanced by the 3D.

Year: 2012

Director: Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise

Stars: Paige O’Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers, Rex Everhart

Classification: G

Runtime: 104 mins

Rating:

Dave Griffiths

If Battleship was navy-porn than Act Of Valor is certainly army-porn. This film wasn’t even conceived in Hollywood, it came to life in the Pentagon. The thing about watching Act Of Valor is that you need to forget that you are watching a film, instead view it is a scripted docco.

The film itself follows Lt. Commander Rorke, Special Warfare Operative Chief Dave, SPO First Class Ajay, Weimy, Sonny and Mikey as they respond to a call to originally rescue a CIA agent, Lisa Morales (Roselyn Sanchez – Venus & Vegas, TV’S Rizzoli & Isles) who they believe has been kidnapped by a drug cartel.

However, after embarking on a rescue mission they discover something more sinister is at hand, a terrorist plot being put together by the likes of Kerimov (Dimiter D. Marinov – TV’S NCIS & Law & Order: Los Angeles) and Christo (Alex Veadov – Jesus Comes To  Town, TV’S Svetlana).

The biggest thing about Act Of Valor is that the audience should be questioning why it was made in the first place, was it made so that the general public gets to see what the men and women of the armed forces go through every day to keep us safe or was it made as a PR video direct from the Pentagon?

Either way the concept that directors Mike McCoy (Hot Wheels: Fearless At The 500, Navy SWCC) and Scott Waugh (Navy SWCC) have come up with is unique. Having real Navy SEALS portray themselves in a film gives a realism to an action film in a way that your wouldn’t expect.

Of course that realism does come at a cost. While the action scenes look good the scenes that involve the ‘actors’ are severely lacking, after all these are soldiers in the lead roles and not actors. The unfortunate thing though is that the screenwriter, Kurt Johnstad (300) has written in scenes involving dramatic storylines that do actually involve some strong acting.

The other real let down with the film is that while the action scenes do look alarmingly real it is hard to keep track of who is who and when some scenes involve characters having their lives in danger, it is hard to feel for someone if you can’t work out who they actually are.

Act Of Valor is an interesting look at how the NAVY Seals operate and while it may not be one of the finest films of the year it is certainly an action film that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Year: 2012

Director: Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh

Stars: Dimiter D. Marinov, Roselyn Sanchez, Alex Veadov

Classification: MA15+

Runtime: 109 mins

Rating:

Dave Griffiths

When it comes to the world of films there is ‘good absurd’ and ‘bad absurd’. The sad thing about The Woman In The Fifth is that the film is going along nicely until director, Pawel Pawlikowski (My Summer Of Love, Last Resort) decides to take it into the absurd area and fails miserable.

The film tells the story of Tom Ricks (Ethan Hawke – Sinister, Exit Strategy) an American novelist with some suggested mental problems who travels to France to try and see his daughter, Chloe (Julie Papillon – newcomer), but his ex-wife, Nathalie (Delphine Chuillot – Mozart’s Sister, Pursuit) soon puts a stop to that.

After he is robbed Tom finds himself in Paris with nothing. He is then befriended by a gangster, Sezer (Samir Guesmi – My Worst Nightmare, The Counsel) who provides him with a strange job. When not locked in the room watching his screen he pursues relationships with the mature and erotic, Margit (Kristin Scott Thomas – Bel Ami, Salmon Fishing In The Yemen) as well as his young muse, Ania (Joanna Kulig – Elles, Maraton Tanca).

As mentioned previously The Woman In  The Fifth starts off as a very good film. As Nathalie cowers away from Tom you find yourself wondering what has happened in the past and why he can’t see his daughter. However Pawlikowski has such a desire to take this in a similar direction to Fight Club that he loses sight of the answers that the audience wants to see… and sadly the film collapses into the heap and rewards its audience with an ending that is confusing and disappointing to all extremes.

The film does serve as a good platform to remind everybody that Ethan Hawke really is one of the forgotten actors of Hollywood. Hawke commands the screen in every scene he is in. He is well supported by Joanna Kulig who proves she is a talented up and comer, however you can’t help but think that Kirsten Scott Thomas is wasted in her role…in fact it is a shame to such a talented actress given her best for so little in return.

If The Woman In The Fifith had finished fifteen minutes earlier it may have worked, but at the end of the day its weird ending just ruins it for everyone. A disappointing film that is only saved by Ethan Hawke.

Year: 2012

Director: Pawel Pawlikowski

Stars: Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig, Samir Guesmi, Delphine Chuillot, Julie Papillon

Classification: M

Runtime: 80 mins

Rating:

Dave Griffiths