Quartet

Well made and pleasant to watch, but at no point distinguishes itself and often things become just too ploddingly gentle. It's an interesting, curious film for Hoffmans directorial debt, being very low key and safe, but also having enough about it to suggest that should Hoffman go on to direct further he may do something really worthy of note. Some bonus marks for Hoffman making a movie with an aging British cast and then not casting Julie fucking Walters and Bill fucking Nighy.

They should have kept a wee bit of the cast singing as it feels like a cheat at the end. Has some great moments but a bit tv movie ish. Billy gets some great laughs, Sheridan Smith surprised me and Andrew Sachs was vastly under used.

Just kind of sits there, wallowing in its languid, lazy, warm surroundings. Forgettable, Billy Connolly aside, but it's pretty and will please the target demographic.

This film was kind of like eating an entire bag of marshmallows. The first few taste great, but after a while, you realize that they all taste the same, and you filled yourself up on a whole lot of puffed air and sugar. I actually found myself more intrigued by the supporting cast, who are highlighted in the end credits.

Starts energetic and fun, added to the obvious plot it all seemed like the muppet show re-cast with old people; Connolly for Fozzy, Smith for Piggy, Courtenay for Kermit etc. As the plot unfolded -entirely predictably- it became a little dreary.