Belfast - Reviews

Branagh's genuine affection and nostalgia for his subject suffuse the movie...

Kenneth Branagh’s euphoric eulogy to his home city.

...highly entertaining and beautifully done without ever being innovative or challenging, finding the universal in the specific, the upbeat in dire circumstances. Slight but winning.

...it is the child’s- eye view, the wit, and the generosity of spirit on show that elevate Branagh’s Belfast.

Kenneth Branagh’s semiautobiographical memory piece Belfast begins beautifully, so promisingly.

...not only one of the year’s very best films, but Branagh’s finest film to date.

...it is the child’s- eye view, the wit, and the generosity of spirit on show that elevate Branagh’s Belfast.

Kenneth Branagh makes a masterful memoir of his tumultuous Irish boyhood.

...it’s best to think of 'Belfast' as a great, crowd-pleasing coming-of-ager set in the city, rather than a serious, nuanced depiction of the conflict.

This autobiographical period piece is oddly impersonal, but the cast, and one marvellous scene in a social club, make it worth catching

Seen through the eyes of a young boy, this drama -- set in the late 1960s during the religious conflict in Northern Ireland -- manages to maintain a degree of innocence.

...en nostalgisk drøm om barndommen, optaget i elegant drømmende sort-hvid med en romantik, man ellers aldrig ser i film om Nordirland.

Det är familj och barndom kontra ond, bråd död – i en evig konflikt. Filmen i ett briserande nötskal.