Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright

"...Steven Wright, Rowan Atkinson, Laurie Metcalf, Michael Moore and Jim Broadbent. Any TV watcher with access to PBS and..."

Oct. 22, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Duke

Jim Broadbent is charming in this socially minded true-crime comedy

"...Directed by: Roger Michell. Starring: Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead, Jack Bandeira, Richard McCabe,..."

May 6, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Sense of an Ending

A man's past comes back to haunt him in the form of a letter

"...Directed by: Ritesh Batra. Starring: Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Harriet Walter, Michelle Dockery and Emily..."

March 24, 2017 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Closed Circuit

Paranoia strikes deep in this Brit courtroom suspenser.

"...John Crowley. Starring: Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall, Ciarán Hinds, Jim Broadbent, Denis Moschitto, Riz Ahmed, Anne-Marie Duff, Kenneth Cranham..."

Aug. 30, 2013 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

2015 Academy Award-Nominated Live-Action Short Films

This live-action group is unified by a general desire to tug at the heartstrings.

"...center hotline worker trying to keep a suicidal Stan (Jim Broadbent, heard but never seen) on the line while..."

Jan. 30, 2015 Movie Review by William Goss

The Wedding Gift

"...Directed by: Richard Loncraine. Starring: Jim Broadbent, Julie Walters, Sian Thomas and Thora Hird. The..."

Aug. 12, 1994 Movie Review by Brian Baker

Le Week-End

A long-married couple amusingly dance toward the kind of despair borne from overfamiliarity.

"...Directed by: Roger Michell. Starring: Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan, Jeff Goldblum and Olly Alexander...."

April 4, 2014 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

When Did You Last See Your Father?

Based on British poet Blake Morrison’s written memoir, this film is a very particular yet universal story about the eternal knot between fathers and sons.

"...Directed by: Anand Tucker. Starring: Colin Firth, Jim Broadbent, Juliet Stevenson, Gina McKee, Sarah Lancashire, Matthew Beard,..."

July 4, 2008 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Topsy-Turvy

"...Ron Cook, Eleanor David, Lesley Manville, Allan Corduner and Jim Broadbent. Naked this isn't. British film director Mike Leigh..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Another Year

Mike Leigh directs this brilliantly acted film about the loneliness experienced by those shut out of the family circle.

"...Directed by: Mike Leigh. Starring: Jim Broadbent, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen, Oliver Maltman, Peter Wight..."

Feb. 4, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Princess Caraboo

"...Directed by: Michael Austin. Starring: Phoebe Cates, Jim Broadbent, Wendy Hughes, Kevin Kline, John Lithgow and Stephen..."

Oct. 7, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Life Is Sweet

"...Directed by: Mike Leigh. Starring: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Claire Skinner, Jane Horrocks, Stephen Rea, Timothy Spall..."

March 13, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cloud Atlas

This spellbinding adaptation of a supposedly “unfilmable” novel achieves near-perfection on virtually all levels.

"...Wachowski and Lana Wachowski. Starring: Tom Hanks, Halle Barry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Doona Bae, Ben Whishaw,..."

Oct. 26, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Iris

"...Directed by: Richard Eyre. Starring: Judi Dench, Jim Broadbent, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Juliet Aubrey, Kris Marshall..."

March 1, 2002 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Rough Magic

"...Directed by: Clare Peploe. Starring: Bridget Fonda, Russell Crowe, Jim Broadbent, D.w. Moffett, Kenneth Mars and Paul Rodriguez. Like..."

June 13, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Topsy-Turvy

Notes on an Englishman

"...film recounts the turbulent creative process of librettist Gilbert (Jim Broadbent) and his longtime collaborator, composer Arthur Sullivan (Alan..."

April 1, 2011 Screens Review by Kimberley Jones

Paddington 2

Everyone's favorite polite bear returns with marmalade sandwiches for all in a thrilling birthday present hunt

"...Grant, Brendan Gleeson, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Peter Capaldi, Madeleine Harris, Samuel Joslin and Imelda..."

Jan. 12, 2018 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Iron Lady

Meryl Streep reunites with her Mama Mia! director to play Margaret Thatcher.

"...Directed by: Phyllida Lloyd. Starring: Meryl Streep, Jim Broadbent, Olivia Colman, Alexandra Roach, Harry Lloyd, Nicholas Farrell,..."

Jan. 13, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Young Victoria

The emotions of the teenage Princess Victoria (played by Emily Blunt) are the subject of this well-made palace tale.

"...Starring: Emily Blunt, Rupert Friend, Paul Bettany, Miranda Richardson, Jim Broadbent, Mark Strong, Thomas Kretschmann, Jesper Christensen and Harriet..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

We're still wild about Harry, even though this new adventure prefers to flush pink with its lovesick teens than forward-thrust toward the mammoth battle of good vs. evil.

"...Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Helena Bonham Carter, Jim Broadbent, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Alan Rickman, Maggie Smith,..."

July 17, 2009 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Longford

"...projects to be "character-driven." So, it's no surprise that Jim Broadbent chose to play the film's title role, Frank..."

June 15, 2007 Screens Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Hot Fuzz

Simultaneously smart and silly, Hot Fuzz demonstrates that it's not necessary to be a buffoon in order to lampoon.

"...Directed by: Edgar Wright. Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jim Broadbent, Paddy Considine, Timothy Dalton, Billie Whitelaw, Rafe Spall,..."

April 20, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Art School Confidential

This follow-up to Terry Zwigoff and Daniel Clowes’ transcendent Ghost World is too scattershot to be truly great, but their smarty-pants campus yarn is on fire with satire.

"...Starring: Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, Matt Keeslar, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Anjelica Huston and Joel Moore. Ultimately it’s too..."

May 12, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Bright Young Things

Actor and author Stephen Fry turns director for this colorful group snapshot of monied revelers in 1930s London.

"...McAvoy, Michael Sheen, David Tennant, Fenella Woolgar, Dan Aykroyd, Jim Broadbent and Peter O’Toole. Bright Young Things begins with..."

Sept. 24, 2004 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Nicholas Nickleby

Charles Dickens' picaresque teems with wonderful performances and bright direction by McGrath (who also did the same for Jane Austen in Emma).

"...Lane, Barry Humphries, Alan Cumming, Anne Hathaway, Edward Fox, Jim Broadbent, Juliet Stevenson, Timothy Spall, Romola Garai and Hugh..."

Jan. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Moulin Rouge

This musical sucks you in with its own brand of willful illogic and breathtaking visuals. Set in turn-of-the-century Paris, a penniless poet falls madly in love with a nightclub's star performer, a chanteuse-cum-courtesan who has a heart of gold and is an incipient consumptive. The music is a combination of restructured modern pop tunes manhandled into clever new forms.

"...Baz Luhrmann. Starring: Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent and Richard Roxburgh. For the first 15 or..."

June 1, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Avengers

"...Jeremiah Chechik. Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman, Sean Connery, Jim Broadbent, Fiona Shaw, Eddie Izzard, Eileen Atkins and Shaun..."

Aug. 21, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Bullets Over Broadway

"...Tilly, Rob Reiner, Mary-Louise Parker, Dianne Wiest, Harvey Fierstein, Jim Broadbent and Tracey Ullman. If Damon Runyon and Anton..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...escapism: Warren Beatty's political satire Bulworth, Peter Weir and Jim Carrey's provocative meditation on media totalitarianism in The Truman..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Bridget Jones's Diary

romantic fantasy as it is social satire.

"...Sharon Maguire. Starring: Renée Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent and Gemma Jones. Helen Fielding's 1996 book chronicles..."

April 13, 2001 Movie Review by Sarah Hepola

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