The film has enough latent charm and unique personality to standout amid a career of wild diversions.
The Mackendrick film’s plot and imagery both rely on the timely, English steam trains that always seem to be within earshot of the action.
Don’t let the results of the WGA sway you too much. Quentin Tarantino, as a non-Guild member, was no more eligible for one of their awards than he is likely to be invited to spit punany poetry on a split bill with Maya Angelou.
The White Ribbon suggests a Children of the Corn prequel played as rigid thesis.