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Hilary Mantel

Hilary Mantel's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Rita, Sue and Bob Too! (1987) 80% EDIT “The film asks us to like [Rita and Sue] and pity them, to find them funny and to find their lives funny, but in fact the girls appear desperate and pathetic” – The Spectator Apr 11, 2019 Full Review Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) 92% EDIT “The film's entertainment value outweighs its irritations.” – The Spectator Apr 11, 2019 Full Review The Accused (1988) 93% EDIT “Kelly McGillis can make little of her underwritten role; economy is commend-able, but a woman in all her complexity cannot be represented by a pair of outsize shoulder-pads.” – The Spectator Apr 11, 2019 Full Review Wild at Heart (1990) 65% EDIT “The scattergun nastiness is, after a while, profoundly unaffecting.” – The Spectator Apr 11, 2019 Full Review The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989) 97% EDIT “Engaging as the film is, its inconsequentiality soon begins to grate on the nerves.” – The Spectator Apr 11, 2019 Full Review Too Beautiful for You (1989) 60% EDIT “Flashbacks and fantasy sequ- ences disrupt the narrative line, but do little to disguise a lack of substance and development.” – The Spectator Apr 11, 2019 Full Review Working Girl (1988) 83% EDIT “Mike Nicols's comedy is frothy, fast-moving and impeccably put together.” – The Spectator Apr 11, 2019 Full Review Crossing Delancey (1988) 82% EDIT “It's all rather old-fashioned and unlikely, no doubt, but there are enough good jokes and touches of individuality to make Crossing Delancey one of the pleasantest films around.” – The Spectator Apr 11, 2019 Full Review The Krays (1990) 82% EDIT “Peculiar but very interesting film.” – The Spectator Apr 11, 2019 Full Review Overboard (1987) 46% EDIT “God bless us all. And send us better films next week.” – The Spectator Apr 11, 2019 Full Review Talk Radio (1988) 84% EDIT “Yet despite its faults this is a strikingly intelligent film, which keeps its chilly grip to the end.” – The Spectator Apr 11, 2019 Full Review Au Revoir, les enfants (1987) 97% EDIT “Without portentousness or pretension, it achieves genuine tragic depth.” – The Spectator Apr 11, 2019 Full Review The Dawning (1988) EDIT “Decorous direction and a stately pace render it indistinguishable from all those other films where sweet gels in pretty frocks take tea in the garden.” – The Spectator Apr 11, 2019 Full Review Strapless (1989) 36% EDIT “Indeed, the film's inadequacy lies in its failure to interweave its different themes.” – The Spectator Apr 11, 2019 Full Review Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed (1989) 50% EDIT “You do not have to believe in the ending, you simply have to hope that it could be so; this is a shrewd fairy-tale, aware of the transforming power of money as well as the transforming power of love.” – The Spectator Apr 11, 2019 Full Review Slate, Wyn & Me (1987) EDIT “The film looks good, but continually disappoints, working against itself for much of the time.” – The Spectator Apr 11, 2019 Full Review Colors (1988) 75% EDIT “Colors is - almost incidentally a riveting and skilful piece of work, but it is made with an integrity and seriousness of purpose which will be confusing to some of the audiences it may attract.” – The Spectator Apr 10, 2019 Full Review Business as Usual (1987) EDIT “Above all, the film suffers from a fatal lack of tension.” – The Spectator Apr 10, 2019 Full Review Born on the Fourth of July (1989) 84% EDIT “As Kovic, Tom Cruise gives a performance that is adroit, moving and mature. The devices of fiction illuminate fact, but the film gains in power because we know that it is telling a true story.” – The Spectator Apr 10, 2019 Full Review Maurice (1987) 82% EDIT “It is difficult to sympathise with [Maurice], however dire his predicament.” – The Spectator Apr 10, 2019 Full Review The Stepfather (1987) 89% EDIT “There is not much original here; but it is a neat idea to have the myth of Mom and apple pie subverted by its own successes.” – The Spectator Apr 10, 2019 Full Review The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) 61% EDIT “It is not an unintelligent film; but it is prone to caricature and to queasy decorative touches; the magic is the icing on the cake.” – The Spectator Apr 10, 2019 Full Review The War of the Roses (1989) 84% EDIT “DeVito's sprightly, slightly skewed approach can both surprise and please.” – The Spectator Apr 10, 2019 Full Review EDIT “The man [lain Glen] portrays has charm. The rest of the film works against his portrait.” – The Spectator Apr 10, 2019 Full Review Prick Up Your Ears (1987) 92% EDIT “Alan Bennett's script is Ortonesque, but without the theatrical extravagance; it suits the cinema, in other words, and it is witty, acute and economical.” – The Spectator Apr 10, 2019 Full Review
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