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                                                  FILM SCORES
Voting slip Categories: Excellent - Very Good - Good - Average - Poor - Very Poor - Appalling                                          
                                 2019/2020 SEASON 62
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Two wonderful films. This is why I have been a member for 20+ years
I found the characters not likeable but the music was good
The acting of the main characters was brilliant, loved the music too
Rally enjoyable
Interesting and very well acted
Good acting and good story
Most enjoyable
Can't believe it's a true story. Sorry I didn't enjoy it but others did
Although the subject could be viewed as dismal it was
redemptive ​for it clearly illustrated how much we have to thank for the presence of Giants and their Shoulders
Atmospheric

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A Wonderful film - more like this please!
Precisely the type of programme I joined the film club to see. Congratulations
Both Excellent films tonight, although different
This is why I joined the Film Society. More please of this ilk 
Original and moving. Very realistic
Far too long
Cartoons are not my choice at any time, but the story line was interesting and grim
Unusual and interesting
Very good story
Thought provoking
Loved the scenery in Afghanistan  - an amazing film
Very clear story line giving insight into life under the Taliban and the male
dominance ​within that culture. 
Very clever animation
So harrowing and relevant to the current situation
Very atmospheric representation of Kabul

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Great direction, kept the pace and interest throughout - stood the test of time
A powerful film
Lovely to see it again. Thoroughly enjoyed it
Exciting and fast moving
I had forgotten hoe good it was
Tension was tiring! Sad ending and glad some got away
Just as good after seeing it so many times
Nice to see it again
Still a great film, so exciting
Well worth coming for
old but good
I had forgotten how amazing they were

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Brilliant, entertaining and wonderful musically
Really enjoyable
A great Christmas treat - excellent score and witty dialogue with a happy ending
A really good choice
Seen it before and enjoyed it even more this time
Loved it
Thank you!
Most enjoyable
Excellent - where did 2hrs and 10 mins go?
Great film
An interesting view on 1962 America

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Amusing
Great fantasy
I was more aware of changes in the music after watching the first film
Well acted and very funny
Very entertaining
​Fairly light
Thank goodness a film with humour
A real feel good film - very funny
Ridiculously entertaining
Not my sort of film
Light entertainment and good humour but not a classic
Great fun and lots of laughter

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Interesting
Too long
Amazing insight into the power of music and how it impacted. Incredibly informative
Great insight into film music
Interesting content
Very informative and interesting
Not an eye opener but an ear opener!
Very informative on a subject we take for granted
Rather long

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Thought provoking and insightful
What a misguided interpretation of the meaning of the love of God. Stultifying and brilliantly portrait
Didn't enjoy it - many quarrels and wars stem from religion
I took this as a documentary - very enlightening
An extremely harsh example of Cult living 
Can we have some happy films please
Very depressing 
Disturbing
Sound not good
Don't do this to us again, EVER
An extremely harsh film. Not considered to be for everyone
Interesting but also rather depressing
Not surprised that they had legal advisors on the production team
Food for thought

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Characters well and delicately played
Really enjoyed the humour
Interesting story
I enjoyed it but felt ambivalent at the end
Liked the close up showing features, less was more
A charming, amusing and gentle film
Good representation of the 1980's. Difficult to understand the character's dialogue
An odd tale told sparingly
A bit slow
Disjointed. Except for Robert Redford’s smile  - not much to offer
Sound not good

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​Magnificent
More like this please
A brilliant start of the year
The perfect blend of dance, music and acting - most enjoyable
A wonderful example of modern ballet
Excellent +++ Thank You
Magnificent dancing and an excellent portrayal of Cuban life - the highs and the lows
Compulsive and moving
I loved it, enjoyed every minute
I am not a fan of subtitles, but the film was great
Wonderful
Inspiring
Great talent
All right if you like dancing
Triumph over hardship. Wonderful fluidity of movement and invention
Very good but a bit confusing with
narration ​of leading male dancer
A great story and cast. Very well worth the visit and I have seen Acosta dance live - Excellent
The subtitles went a bit quickly

                                 2018/2019 SEASON 61
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Good story
Hard hitting and shocking as regards to attitudes at the time
Very good and very disturbing at times
Drawn out but enjoyable
Horrible
Disturbing but well-acted
Sad story, good acting but bits of the story line didn't ring true re pre and during World War I
Did not really enjoy it
Started really well  - became somewhat drawn out later on - sad that he turned to drugs and gambling and losing!
Slow moving
It would have been nice to have a happier film on party night
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Ecellent on so many levels
Beautiful in lots of ways
Evocative music and dialogue. Beautifully put together. Amazing love story
Very unusual camera work, very moving
Excellent in all departments
Beautifully made film and acting
A very satisfactory end but an emotional struggle
Beautiful film
A beautifully set film - most enjoyable 
Very well visualised although a but slow in parts
Mediocre
Beautifully crafted
Very slow and predictable
Most enjoyable
Classy film
Good story but a bit tedious
Atmospheric and beautiful
Boring
Very interesting!!!

Not my choice of topic but convincing acting
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Loved it - great choice
Interesting and uplifting
Excellent entertainment and humour
Very, very enjoyable
A bit sentimental
Absorbing
Witty and endearing and entertaining 
I recognise many of my own traits in Ove
A good balance of emotional highs and lows
Powerful stuff and heart-warming too - a slice of real life
Really enjoyed it
Such a mix of emotions
A lovely film - really enjoyed it
Most enjoyable and real
An extremely emotional film. Did not know what to do, cry or laugh
Super film, so true to life
Dark humour, well acted

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Wonderful, so very well made
Different - accents was not always easy to understand
Interesting
Charming
Thoughtful and provocative
Visually brilliant and so well made and interesting
Simple, enjoyable and true to orphans' life and emotions
Interesting ideas
Would not go to the cinema to see this type of film. Showed promise but I lost interest
Not a great film

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Excellent acting
Enjoyed it
Nice sad story
Very good with excellent parts
Wonderful and moving
A bit slow
Rather confusing and sad 
Jamie Bell acted the role very well but the end was confusing
Well acted but sad
Sound could be better
A bit stretched out 
Very sad
Disjointed but first-class actors did their best
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Harrowing but excellent
A brave choice. Thank you. Interesting but hard to take. Well acted and sensitive
Very good - difficult to watch at times, but a good anti-war film
Excellent but too violent for me - very informative and something I needed to know about
Good but too graphic for me
A hard film to watch but brilliant!
So brutal but enlightening
Excellent but  very hard watch - glad I've seen it though
Totally absorbing
Very good but still recovering
Difficult to watch but true during war!
Very good but not my choice of film
Very good, very gloomy and sad
A tough watch but good
Sobering
Horrible and unbearable - nine danke
Good film but awful content
As stressful to watch as it must have been to defuse the nines!
Interesting in the historic sense and excellent acting
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I do not like black and white films - but this film changed that. I am converted!
Good atmosphere
Brilliant
Wunderbar!
What a
brilliant, moving and emotive film. The best of the year
​The black and white colour added to this elegant film
Enjoyed this film more than the first one
Very well selected
Excellent although rather sad
Glad we had the comedy first

Not an ending I like
​Very moving, delicately acted and expressive
Excellent but harrowing
​Very moving
​A bit long
A wonderful drama on the
senselessness of war - everyone loses
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Quirky way of telling
Sad and funny. I would have been worried if he had been my son
Quite amazing, wonderfully acted. A good cheerful start of the evening
Delightful
Excellent
A cheerful take of the goodness of people reacting to perceived handicap
​Good light entertainment. Good acting, amusing plot based on assumed but slightly altered true story
Uplifting and jolly with a touch of pathos
Heart warming

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Lovely and beautifully paced
Wonderful
A first time viewing for me - not my favourite but excellent acting and
scenery
Still a classic but rather predictable
Well executed and lovely to watch
Fantastic - the second part so interesting
Thoroughly enjoyed seeing the film again after such a long time. A real pleasure
Very enjoyable
Brought back so many memories
A beautiful and excellently acted film. 
One of the best films I've ever seen
Interesting to compare with modern films, seems very slow and outdated now
Good camera work and music but dislocating and unconvincing
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Excellent
Entertaining and so informative
Excellent film and the party great too!
More of the same please!
Brilliant
Wish they'd given us some information about what William did in his life
Perfect film before the Christmas party
Uplifting

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What a twist!
Thoughtful and moving
Fascinating
Exhausting
A steady build-up of tension, drama at its best
A clever twist at the end, but why
hate  for so long
Well acted but I thought
implausible  and distressing
Excellent, good film - very gripping
Christopher Plummer at his best
Very understandable
Good twist - great acting
Thought provoking
Excellent but very disturbing
Wow!
Although a heavy, quite depressing film it was
actually ​ very good
Surprise ending
Very well acted, music added to the mood
Very good but not my sort of film
Brilliant!
Fantastic twist at the end
Very good but disturbing

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Outstanding
An original film
A real one off - Vincent and the film!
Wonderful conception, bit long but most
enjoyable
Good story
Amazing visuals
Brilliant
Fantastic
Interesting concept
Somewhat mesmerising
Loved the light, movement and colours - an amazing
piece of work
Interesting story line but would have preferred a straight film of his life
Clever animations in Vincent style
Did not like the jittering movements
Interesting throughout
Brilliantly put
together
Loved the animation
Wow!
Extraordinary powerful and very informative
Amazing technique and detective work
Beautiful and inventive
A
panted film made me as viewer more thoughtful about the meaning of painting to Van Gogh - the characters shone through the paintings reducing their lives to what is meaningful
Most enjoyable
A unique experience although
difficult to follow in places
Very original
Enjoyed the different textures on the screen
Incredible, what an imaginative project
An unusual and very
interesting ​production
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A very fine film
Shows Russian attitudes very well
Delightful
A lovely film
Wow! very good
Powerful
Really enjoyable
Well acted, beautifully photographed and unusual
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You learn something every day
Very interesting
A bit long but a difficult subject to gather information together
Well made very interesting
Wonderful
So sad but well told
Good explanation of her life previously not known
Hedy's hidden talents are very interesting
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Very tense - exciting start to the season
Exhausting
Wonderful start to the season
Totally absorbing
Uplifting & excellent direction
Very tense, but in a good way. Exiting!
Compulsive viewing
Edge of the seat
Concentration required to follow the fine detail
An amazing film - at times distressing to watch but well worth the while
Powerful film - how they could film the action sequences is amazing
Quite an eye-opener. The scenery, the corruption& poverty. Well put together
Makes you think - how on earth did the children act this mind blowing!
Tense, suspense, ageing!
​Disturbing
Too violent for me
Good but rather hard going
Enchanting but relentless - wonderfully filmed
2017/2018 SEASON 60
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Interesting information
Good acting and dialogue
Just brilliant, a joy to watch
Surprising history not taught
Great story, well acted, veriy intersting
Super fil, to end the season
So good on so many levels and with humour!
Very well portrayed
Superb acting - I loved it
Very well acted and a really good title for th film - ;ovely film to conclude the season
Uotstanding
Really enjoyable
Thought provoking
Great film
Too American for me
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Nice cat!
Enjoyed!
Very uplifting
Another moving film
Great! uplifting, pulled no punches
Fantastic
Just enough gritty realism to make it credible - but it is sadly probably in a minority of such real-
life stories
Wonderful
Enchanting
Enjoyable and well told
Good filming and interesting storyline, especially because it is based on fact
​So true
Loved it
​Excellent cat actor
Well-made
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Excellent film but so painful
Good but confusing
Terrifying
Excellent but harrowing
Did not enjoy
A very moving film
Well-made film - educational but chilling
Disturbing but thought provoking
Good but unsettling
Grim portrayal - highly believable
Excellent filming, complex plot
Beautifully shot but joyless
Tough to watch but insightful
The story must be told! 
Did not enjoy but it is salutary and eye-opening
A real insight into a real world experience
Heavy stuff
Too violent in parts
Disturbing but very well covered  - superb visuals and acting
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Delightful
A bit drawn out
Very good
A little gem
Amazingly poignant
Good suspense, tension & feeling in such a simple story
Poignant but also humorous
Got tired of the unnecessary bad language
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Very interesting insight of the Beatles' life and development
Brought back lots of memories
Loved it
Wonderful memories
Interesting but too long
Never having been a Beatle fan I was impressed with the film showing the aspect of great musicianship, Brian Epstein's contribution and general story
Too long
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Really enjoyable
Excellent light comedy
A good laugh
Lovely French humour
A lovely romance
Very pleasant
​Very good
​A bit long and drawn out
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A fine performance from John Hurt
Thought provoking
Interesting
Funny but sad
Rather enjoyed this
A bit slow and long
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Another wonderful film
Interesting reminder
Wonderful evening
Very good, most enjoyable
Good choice
Very powerful - a must see
Excellent x 2
Interesting to follow the history and changing attitudes
Gripping
Emotive and powerful
Best ever
Eye opening
Brilliant film
Inspiring
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My favourite film of the season
Uplifting
Stunning
Amazing
Best ever
Powerful and informative
Fantastic
Interesting
Wonderful - another mrs Pankhurst of her day
A beautiful film
Superb scenery and lots of interest culturally
Excellent photography with limited resources  
Wonderful cinematography but did not enjoy the story
Wonderful filming
Stunning scenery
A delight
Very interesting and lovely scenery
​A fine film
Totally absorbing
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Excellent ++
Top film
Stunning
Just amazing
Absolutely riveting
A very good evening
Excellent and exhausting
Fine acting and scenery
Absolute fantastic - lets have it next month as well
Excellent in every aspect!
Just as good as I remembered
Really enjoyed it
A Classic
Amazing production
Excellent but also troubling and makes you think
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Lots of fun
Different, well made, amusing
Good acting - unusual plot
Perfect mix of humour and philosophy
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Very moving
Loved it
A fine film
Gripping
Superb
Remarkable
Good, tense acting
Could see it again
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Beautiful
Super
A fine film
Brilliant
Just wonderful
Remarkable to have the stages of his life in chronological order
Good cinematography
Could see it again
Amazing dancing
​Most impressive
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Well acted
Very moving
Thought provoking
So true
Authentic
​Harrowing
Members of the Cabinet should be made to watch the film
​Very real
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Very poetic - necessary viewing
Good photography and explanation of Chile's history
Very political and almost too much detail
Interesting
Vague and slow
Somewhat disjointed
​Harrowing in parts
​Beautiful and horrendous
Chilling but well worth seeing - a Brave choice
Superb photography - evil regime
​Good concept
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Uplifting
Well acted for non-actors
Delightful & interesting - so glad is ended well
Very different - first class
Truth is wonderful
One of the best
A good portrait of hard life in the slums & devastation of the people
Wonderful colour and music
Excellent
Original and beautiful for being a true story
Wonderful start to the new season
Very moving
Totally absorbed from start to finish
Thos will take a lot of beating
​Stunning & beautiful
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