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Children Act, The (12A)

Drama

British drama in which a judge must decide whether to force a teenage Jehovah's Witness to have a life-saving blood transfusion.


The critical consensus

Sharp, smart and well-executed, though a misplaced Stanley Tucci feels wasted.

***(*)(*)Beth Webb, Little White Lies, 20/08/2018

True, it's heavy-handed at times, but the issues it raises – law versus religion – are provocative and potently explored.

***(*)(*)James Mottram, The List, 20/08/2018

If it lacks filmmaking fireworks and emotional wallop, The Children Act delivers a sensitive, thoughtful drama about complicated issues. And it is another reminder, if one were needed, of the subtlety and skill of Emma Thompson’s stratospheric talent.

***(*)(*)Ian Freer, Empire Online, 20/08/2018

A disappointingly muddled affair, too buttoned up and self-conscious to work as melodrama but not especially insightful about the legal profession either.

**(*)(*)(*)Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent, 22/08/2018

[Ian McEwan's] only got himself and, in this case, director Richard Eyre, to blame for how facile and middlebrow it is.

**(*)(*)(*)Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 24/08/2018

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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