7.5
What saves the film from cliched sentimentality is Coogan’s note-perfect performance. His comic timing and light, sustained pitch are excellent as always.
... Hawkins does a great job of making Philippa feel real and she manages to inject a whole lot of fight into the character ...
“Sent before my time into this breathing world, scarce half made up, and that so lamely and unfashionable that dogs bark at me.”