“It’s spectacular, imaginative, sweet-natured and funny.”
★★★★★ Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

“The morning after seeing it, this musical-phobic writer was loofah-ing in the shower and still gleefully singing, “Ooompa, loopma, doompety doo…”. So I'd say, mission accomplished.”
★★★★★ Nick Howells, London Evening Standard

"Like any good chocolatier, King has obsessively focused on texture and flavour. And it’s those qualities – tuned to mass-market tastes, yet held in connoisseurish balance – that give his film its irresistible velvety sweetness."
★★★★★ Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph

“It whips up wit, warmth, and the beloved memories of classics past: there’s a big dollop of Mary Poppins here, a little Matilda, some Oliver!, and, then, unexpectedly, a pinch of Les Misérables.”
★★★★ Clarrise Loughrey, The Independent