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Empire of Light

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A love story set in and around an old cinema, on the South Coast of England in the 1980s.

★★☆☆☆ | Read our full Empire of Light review
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What we think

Empire of Light, ironically, asks us to admire its alleged love for the movies but never finds a way to make us feel it for ourselves.
★★☆☆☆ | Read in full: Empire of Light film review Tom Barnard We Love Cinema

What others think

My own rule is that any film, on any subject, if it is any good, is already a love letter to the movies.
Peter Bradshaw The Guardian
Patchy, but contains a few kernels of truth, and Colman is sublime.
David Jenkins Little White Lies
Ultimately, the film fails its two leads, burdening them with leaden dialogue and unresolved arcs.
Pamela Hutchinson Sight and Sound

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09 Jan 2023