All Critics articles – Page 60
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CriticsRio and Kate: Becoming a Stepfamily
“Documentaries set in footballers’ homes are usually blingy, boastful and tediously banter-heavy. Rio Ferdinand delivered the precise opposite”
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CriticsThe Pale Horse
“Unfolds at a steady, confident pace, with the director as surefooted as her writer, parcelling out twists, treats and fine performances as it goes”
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CriticsBarrymore: The Body in the Pool
“A clear-eyed examination of why this case should remain in the spotlight.”
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CriticsBeauty Laid Bare
“Refills, ethical ingredients and non-plastic packaging suddenly seems like a very good look”
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CriticsFarage: The Man Who Made Brexit
“This was a hoot, not least because it had Farage bitching like a bosomy fishwife”
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CriticsBelsen: Our Story
“This extraordinary oral history was horrifying but ultimately life-affirming. Devastating and dignified, it made for a fitting memorial.”
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CriticsThe Windermere Children
“Writer Simon Block and director Michael Samuels gave us a sad and beautiful film”
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CriticsWin the Wilderness: Alaska
“A novel twist on the reality show — and, for a generation struggling to get their feet on the housing ladder, a tempting challenge”
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CriticsCrazy Delicious
“Flamboyant fun but highly contrived, this series felt more suited to a specialist food channel than terrestrial primetime.”
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CriticsDiamond Dealers and Cockney Geezers
“The boys were likeable, and this was way more fun than those deathly documentaries going behind the scenes of high-end department stores”
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CriticsSex Education
“A diverse, genuinely informative and thoughtful show that doesn’t fall into the too-common trap of forced ’wokeness’”
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CriticsThis Is Our Family
“A film this painful, honest and sensitive could not have been made without the time it took to establish an extraordinary level of trust”
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CriticsThe Outsider
“Slow-burning fare, but just when you began to grow impatient, there would be another twist or goosebump-flaring moment”