Jimmy's Hall

...the proceedings are conducted with both intelligence and compassion prominently placed, and the acting all around, particularly from Norton, is first-rate.

...something sparks thanks to Jim Norton's robust but nuanced performance as the cantankerous, obsessive hardliner Father Sheridan, whom he brings to life with terrifying fire and not a little caustic humour.

...evinces a nice sense of culture coalescing a community — there’s a lovely jazz-dance lesson set-piece — and the production values feel authentic.

...den pæne og redelige biografiske skildring af Graltons sidste år i Irland med flashback til hans første år, hvor forsamlingshuset blev etableret og udgjorde startskuddet til en demokratiseringsproces.

...en lige dele fornøjelig og forglemmelig autoritetskritik med setting i 1930’ernes Irland...

Loach and his frequent scriptwriter Paul Laverty make these sequences electric with movement and alert to the meaning two people can cram into a two-minute clutch – the profound arousal, say, in shared breath.