8/10 (for its category). An intelligent heist movie with a twist, the film is lifted by good performances – Denzel Washington rolls out the usual charm, excellent cinematography and the occasional shot of Spike Lee’s biting wit. A more mainstream foray than usual for Lee, he delivers a well above average example of the genre.

7/10. A classic Merchant-Ivory production, intelligent, very well acted and beautifully shot. However while the tragedy of Stephens, whose dedication to the role of the perfect butler has led him to extinguish all emotion, and even, it appears, the ability to apprehend the events around him, is a moving one, its very basis — in [...]

5.5/10. While boasting a phenomenal visual imagination clearly bearing the signature of the film’s Director Dave McKean the film as a whole was distinctly lacking in oomph. The plot always remains a little too fanciful and the lack of coherent development with constant jarring jolts with many scenes simply petering out to be hurriedly replaced [...]