Filmrecensies van Evan Popplestone

While Allure is admirable in its performances and sense of honesty, a few technical and storytelling aspects fail to convince.

Might baffle the hell out of you, it succeeds in being enjoyably glossy Euro-trash.

Isn’t quite the masterpiece that its reputation suggests, it still entertains and provokes in equal measure.

It is idiosyncratic, it features some individual works which leave more impression than others, but we are still blown away at the end regardless.

The focus on the finer details of the relationship creates a gradual sense of investment which makes the climactic argument all the more shattering.

A large dose of artistically-mounted gloom porn rather than the truly explorative piece of work that it might have been.

Rudd and Coogan manage to build up enough goodwill with their double act that its hard to resent the film’s shallow approach to its more serious aspects.

While there are a few shortcomings in terms of overall storyline construction, the quality of the performances and central character development do much to offset this.

The script and performances deepen and broaden the story considerably, lifting what could have been a simple “in the moment” adventure thriller to another level.

The dramatic conflict here is so unsubtle and lacking in nuance that it ends up being more hilarious than believable.

There are a number of particularly startling and moving moments here.

Ultimately isn’t quite the musical answer to Shaun of the Dead that it should have been. Nonetheless, it’s worth seeing for sheer novelty value alone.

Both authoritative and softly-spoken in that unmistakable Mark Cousins style.

If you are fully prepared to take jokes which possess genuine wit while traipsing gleefully into decidedly taboo territory then this will be right up your alley.

The raw energy and anger on display will leave the viewer walking out of the cinema suitably shaken by the experience.

The characters here come across like how human beings really should.

A film which seems to lack any consistent tone or purpose.

One of the most uninteresting films that could conceivably be made about such an endlessly enthralling subject.

This sense of vulnerability heard peering out from behind that giant rock star ego successfully creates a deeper connection with the viewer...

Viewers who a fully prepared to wallow in the gritty, gruelling and gory will be in their element here.

Director Palmer maintains an impressively solid grasp on the suspense throughout a relatively long 110-minute runtime.

Funny, poignant, inventive, exciting and perfectly paced.

While the comedy is often misjudged, Toby MacDonald still manages to convey the romantic tension of the original story pretty well.

Won’t go down in history as any kind of seminal horror masterpiece but, nonetheless, it’s undeniably entertaining.