'Instantly inviting and utterly original... O'Toole is the star of the show'
EMPIRE

'A sheer joy'
DAILY MIRROR

'A feast of fine acting... an early Christmas treat'
DAILY EXPRESS

'A uniquely charming, seductive and unexpected spin on the careworn English costume drama... a genuine and surprising pleasure'
TIME OUT

'Riotously funny and simply affecting... the film of the year'
GQ

'if Peter O'Toole doesn't get his overdue Oscar for this wonder
then there is absolutely no justice... a universal story, with a perfect cast'
Simon Bates, CLASSIC FM

'Nothing short of magic... more powerful than almost everything
else I've seen at the cinema this year.'
'The Christmas movie of 2008... go and see Dean Spanley'
Robbie Collin, NEWS OF THE WORLD

'Quirky, charming and life-affirming'
ATTITUDE

'A moving and visually wondrous evocation of magic and imagination'
SCREEN INTERNATIONAL