The Critic - (2023) 15

(DRAMA/CRIME/MYSTERY)

Director: Anand Tucker

With Ian McKellen, Mark Strong,

Lesley Manville, Gemma Arterton

Runtime: 95 mins

LANGUAGE: ENGLISH

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Set in 1930s London, The Critic revolves around a feared theatre critic

named Jimmy Erskine (Ian McKellen), his loyal assistant, a newspaper

owner (Mark Strong) who wants to get rid of the critic, and an actress

(Gemma Arterton) who has been devastated by his excoriating theatrical

reviews. The critic's determination to survive ensures that the other

characters are caught in a web of blackmail, deceit and murder.