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Co-written by the late author and critic Gilbert Adair, this British comedy-drama belongs to a burgeoning sub-genre about wheelchair-bound characters and their carers that includes Inside I’m Dancing (2004), French box-office smash Untouchable (2011), Jaques Audiard’s Rust and Bone (2012) and, more recently, chick-lit-adapted romance Me Before You (2016), which saw Game of Thrones’ Emelia Clarke falling for paralysed-from-the-neck-down Sam Clafin.
It’s a solid entry too, enlivened by a enjoyable central performance from national treasure Brian Cox, who seizes the opportunity to turn the twinkly-eyed factor up to eleven.
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer walked into the 96th Academy Awards and blew everyone away, winning seven Oscars on the night. But is it Nolan's best film yet?
Cancel all proposed awards ceremonies and hand over the major gongs to Peter Farrelly's Ricky ;Stanicky.
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