LEO BOIX applauds an audacious, self-questioning film about grief, friendship and film-making
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Film Round-up: March 16
This week the Star's critics MARIA DUARTE and ALAN FRANK review Peter Rabbit, Mary Magdalene, My Generation, Tomb Raider, and My Golden Days
MARY CONWAY admires a brave and topical study of Armageddon that is, unfortunately, unable to come to a conclusion
ANDY HEDGECOCK, JAMES WALSH and JAMIE BRITTON review Hanging by a Wire, I Want Your Sex, The Pout-Pout Fish, and Rise of the Foot Soldier: Retribution
Chris Searle speaks to US pianist RAN BLAKE
EWAN CAMERON trawls the Edinburgh fringe for new political drama
In a season of Greek mythology NIAMH THORNTON looks at an intriguing relocation of Medea to contemporary Mexico
Peter Rabbit (PG)
Directed by Will Gluck
★★★
THE GOOD news is that this sweet and charming modern take on Beatrix Potter's classic characters bears no resemblance to the film's appalling trailer.
Having got rid of the cantankerous old Mr McGregor (Sam Neill), Peter Rabbit (James Corden) and his siblings (Margot Robbie, Daisy Ridley and Elizabeth Debicki) and friends face a new enemy in the shape of McGregor's city-dwelling nephew Thomas McGregor (Domhnall Gleeson).
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