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Nick Roddick

Nick Roddick's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).

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Local Hero (1983) 100% EDIT “Though Local Hero undoubtedly offers more hope than any other British film of the 1980s so far, the question of whether it is possible to merge the two traditions remains sadly open.” – Sight & Sound Nov 4, 2025 Full Review Witness (1985) 94% EDIT “The film allows us, in the company of Book, to take a sort of holiday from our normal concerns, to visit other values en touriste , drawing the strengths from a strange and alien tradition without really immersing ourselves in it.” – Sight & Sound Mar 24, 2020 Full Review Damsel (2018) 67% 4/5 EDIT “Damsel manages to import any number of modern notions into a surprisingly traditional western structure, recognising the appeal of the genre while not being afraid to steer it into some distinctly modern channels.” – London Evening Standard Feb 23, 2018 Full Review 7 Days in Entebbe (2018) 24% 2/5 EDIT “The hijacking of an Air France passenger jet on a flight from Tel Aviv to Paris in June 1967 has been celebrated and cross-examined in documentaries as well as left to Charles Bronson to resolve in a 1976 action film. Did we really need another version?” – London Evening Standard Feb 23, 2018 Full Review Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018) 77% EDIT “The result is always entertaining, at times life-enhancing.” – London Evening Standard Feb 23, 2018 Full Review The Happy Prince (2018) 71% 5/5 EDIT “Both moving and revealing.” – London Evening Standard Feb 23, 2018 Full Review Isle of Dogs (2018) 90% 3/5 EDIT “While Anderson's many fans will doubtless enjoy unpicking the film's visual delights, the rest of us may find Isle of Dogs delivering a lot of bark but not enough bite.” – London Evening Standard Feb 16, 2018 Full Review Orange Sunshine (2016) 100% EDIT “Using still photos, modern-day talking heads and gorgeous re-enactments, the film is a jaw-dropping piece of social history. It's also a lot of fun, with some tears along the way. Did someone say 'trip'?” – London Evening Standard Oct 25, 2016 Full Review Our Little Sister (2015) 93% EDIT “Slightly hampered by an episodic structure deriving from its source, Our Little Sister is nevertheless a seductive and engrossing celebration of family and community.” – Sight & Sound Nov 5, 2015 Full Review Back Home (2015) 73% EDIT “Louder than Bombs is emotionally intelligent and certainly holds the attention, particularly during the first 30 minutes, but ultimately fails to live up to its initial promise.” – Sight & Sound Sep 15, 2015 Full Review Pride (2014) 93% 4/5 EDIT “Loud, proud and glad to be gay (and lesbian), Pride winningly records an improbable moment of recent history.” – London Evening Standard Jul 10, 2014 Full Review After the Battle (2012) 27% EDIT “After the Battle is such a useful corrective to the romanticisation of the Egyptian revolution that forgiveness is easy. It deserves to be seen more widely.” – Sight & Sound May 21, 2012 Full Review Nobody Walks (2012) 40% 2/5 EDIT “An underwhelming comedy about the clash between East Coast edginess and laid-back LA which rarely rises above the formulaic.” – London Evening Standard Apr 27, 2012 Full Review A Place at the Table (2012) 90% 5/5 EDIT “The film explains with devastating simplicity why so many go hungry in a country with more than enough food to go round.” – London Evening Standard Apr 27, 2012 Full Review This Must Be the Place (2011) 66% EDIT “Sorrentino's film asks you politely to believe in what it is doing. Buy in, and you'll have a great evening.” – London Evening Standard Oct 26, 2011 Full Review Footnote (2011) 88% EDIT “Shows just what you can do with a carefully constructed plot and lovingly drawn characters - even if, in the end, neither of them is particularly lovable.” – London Evening Standard Oct 25, 2011 Full Review The Snows of Kilimanjaro (2011) 100% EDIT “The circumstances here, like the characters, are fascinatingly complex.” – London Evening Standard Oct 24, 2011 Full Review The Kid With a Bike (2011) 96% EDIT “Intriguing, exciting, amusing, moving - and with a strong message about the way society treats the people at the bottom of the heap.” – London Evening Standard Oct 21, 2011 Full Review Sing Your Song (2011) 95% EDIT “[It] does a lot more than celebrate a great entertainer: it charts Belafonte's ceaseless activism, which has seen him stand alongside both Martin Luther King and Nelson Mandela.” – London Evening Standard Oct 20, 2011 Full Review The Giants (2011) 85% EDIT “If you want a refreshing coming-of-age comedy without any global pretensions set in the backwoods of Europe, you couldn't do better...” – London Evening Standard Oct 13, 2011 Full Review A Separation (2011) 99% EDIT “Will make you re-examine everything you thought you knew about Iran.” – London Evening Standard Jun 22, 2011 Full Review The Conquest (2011) 79% EDIT “Neither hatchet job nor hagiography, it entertainingly lifts the lid on a period which changed France's political landscape forever.” – London Evening Standard May 19, 2011 Full Review Midnight in Paris (2011) 93% EDIT “As cinematic froth, Midnight in Paris passes the time prettily enough. But neither its characters nor its sense of place really stands up in the light of day.” – London Evening Standard May 11, 2011 Full Review Monsters (2010) 75% EDIT “An astonishing achievement for first-time British feature director Gareth Edwards.” – Sight & Sound Apr 4, 2011 Full Review Up (2009) 98% 4/5 EDIT “Vies with Monsters Inc and Wall-E as the best and most inventive of the Pixar films - with, as it were, added depth.” – London Evening Standard May 13, 2009 Full Review
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