Steve Coogan

Your appreciation of Saipan will be vastly improved if you know who Roy Keane is, if you followed the Premier League and specifically Manchester United in the ‘90s, and/or you’re

… a tribute band playing accurate covers but only serving to remind us of the gap between this and the original.

What saves the film from cliched sentimentality is Coogan’s note-perfect performance. His comic timing and light, sustained pitch are excellent as always.

We go straight to the source with the fascinating subject of the latest film from Stephen Frears and Steve Coogan, in which she is played by the redoubtable Sally Hawkins.

... 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.”

Veteran director Andrew Fleming (The Craft, Threesome, Hamlet 2) talks about on screen representation, "third act" gay relationships, and what it takes to make an Ideal Home.

...a couple of wild left field gags bring a nice tart counter-taste to the film’s tendency towards syrupiness.

"So, it is a formula. Who cares, when you have these two in full flow?"