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Gerard O'Donovan

Gerard O'Donovan's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Dunkirk: The Forgotten Heroes (2014) 4/5 EDIT “The sense of desperate men fighting on to the last bullet, and hope being snuffed out was heartbreaking.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Oct 4, 2020 Full Review 4/5 EDIT “With so much of its focus aimed back at an awestruck Earth, this film didn't have quite the same heart-wrenching immediacy as 8 Days to the Moon and Back (BBC Two) but it didn't fall far short.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Jul 22, 2019 Full Review The Midnight Gang (2018) 3/5 EDIT “Nothing takes the sugariness out of Christmas quite like a dose of Walliams's dark Dahlesque humour.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Jan 7, 2019 Full Review Sir Cliff Richard: 60 Years in Public and in Private (2018) 4/5 EDIT “Leaving us, as ever, with a paradox: a man who values his privacy more than anything else yet yearns to linger in the glare of the spotlight for as long as he can.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Dec 21, 2018 Full Review Gun No. 6 (2017) 100% 3/5 EDIT “In the end, despite its absence, Gun No 6's terrible legacy spoke for itself, and through the voices of those whose lives it has ruined.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Dec 5, 2018 Full Review Doing Money (2018) 80% EDIT “Anca Dumitra's performance as Ana was exceptionally credible and powerful, but the documentary-like depiction of abuse left little room for dramatic moments to pull us through the bleak narrative.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Nov 29, 2018 Full Review Barneys, Books and Bust-Ups: 50 Years of the Booker Prize (2018) 3/5 EDIT “An enjoyable, if workaday primer on how the literary fiction prize has been keeping book-lovers agog, and sales figures spiralling higher, for decades.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Oct 17, 2018 Full Review Married to a Paedophile (2018) 4/5 EDIT “This well made, well performed film was tough viewing. Why two loved husbands and fathers would commit such crimes remained perplexing. But there's no doubt the devastating, and ongoing, pain and distress wrought on their families as a result.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Sep 7, 2018 Full Review Mother's Day (2018) 100% 5/5 EDIT “This was a fine, emotionally absorbing drama that succeeded as a commemoration of individual courage and a wider affirmation of just how much can be achieved when people stand up together against violence and terrorism.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Sep 5, 2018 Full Review Drinkers Like Me - Adrian Chiles (2018) 71% 4/5 EDIT “All in all, a good, honest and often very entertaining film from a presenter whose ability to combine ordinary-bloke-next-doorness with clear-eyed self-criticism was very endearing - and perfect for the subject in hand.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Sep 4, 2018 Full Review Angela Carter: Of Wolves and Women (2018) 3/5 EDIT “Despite the praise heaped by heavyweight contemporaries like Salman Rushdie and Margaret Atwood, Carter emerged here as a fiercely fragile, subversively political talent.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Aug 8, 2018 Full Review Before Grenfell: A Hidden History (2018) 4/5 EDIT “This spellbinding documentary told the story of the working-class communities of North Kensington in London, and how the richest borough in Britain has long tolerated the country's worst levels of social inequality.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Jun 15, 2018 Full Review Panorama: Putin's Russia with David Dimbleby (2018) 4/5 EDIT “David Dimbleby took the opportunity to make an on-site assessment of the man who's led the world's largest country for 18 years.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Jun 15, 2018 Full Review Germaine Bloody Greer (2018) 4/5 EDIT “A terrific portrait of a born contrarian whose life's mission, it seems, has been to challenge every word that comes out of anyone's mouth.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Jun 13, 2018 Full Review Grenfell: The First 24 Hours (2018) EDIT “The spare, deceptively simple format - juxtaposing eyewitness phone footage of the fire as it progressed, alongside the testimony of survivors, bereaved relatives and a fireman on duty that night - made it one of the most affecting.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Jun 7, 2018 Full Review Crooked House (2017) 57% EDIT “All in all, a hugely enjoyable, sumptuous adaptation that, while never attempting to break the Christie mould, imbued the story with a pleasingly contemporary feel.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Dec 19, 2017 Full Review Diana, 7 Days (2017) 4/5 EDIT “If you had to choose just one film to sum up the phenomenon that was Diana's life, and the greater phenomenon of her death, Diana, 7 Days certainly got closer than most.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Aug 28, 2017 Full Review The Witness for the Prosecution (2016) 100% 4/5 EDIT “One felt almost personally affronted, so strong were the emotions evoked.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Feb 1, 2017 Full Review
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