
Hollywood Reporter
Has the feel of sentimental historical fiction, the kind of decorous novel that's a dime a dozen as Brit TV miniseries material.
Full reviewBAFTA nominee Gemma Arterton (Their Finest) plays an independent folklore investigator who finds herself responsible for a young evacuee after the London Blitz.
Alice (Arterton) secludes herself in her clifftop study, debunking myths using science to disprove the existence of magic. Consumed by her work, but also profoundly lonely, she is haunted by a love affair from her past. When spirited young Frank (Lucas Bond), an evacuee from the London Blitz, is dumped into her irritable care, his innocence and curiosity awaken Alice’s deeply buried emotions. Bravely embracing life’s miraculous unpredictability, Alice learns that wounds may be healed, second chances do occur, and that, just perhaps - magic really does exist.
Has the feel of sentimental historical fiction, the kind of decorous novel that's a dime a dozen as Brit TV miniseries material.
Full reviewSuccessfully combines an intelligent feminist fable and a lesbian love story with a slick period tearjerker.
Full reviewOne of those sapfests that flatters our modern attitudes by introducing them to our primitive ancestors.
Full reviewA soft-centered pastoral drama that' stretches a suspension of disbelief beyond the breaking point.
Full reviewA thumb to suck in troubled times... offers a digit of nostalgia that many viewers will latch onto with something approaching relief.
Full reviewArterton, Mbatha-Raw, and the child actors ... bring such commitment and integrity to their characterizations that one is inclined not just to hang in there but to root for them all.
Full reviewA lilting, soft-focus approach is part of its considerable appeal, but there is sharpness here too, where it counts.
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