Arthur Newman

...the people do what’s needed to serve the plot...

...it's Blunt's magnetic performance that gives weight to...film...

Firth and Blunt took it on, presumably, because the movie amounts to a two-person, multicharacter play on screen: an acting exercise. They're good, as always.

...a lot like its protagonist: admirable in a quiet way but not quite capable of living up to its lofty ambitions.

...it’s a small movie that lives or dies on the strength of the actors, and in Firth and Blunt you can rest assured there’s a heart beating all the way through.