×

MENU

  • NOW PLAYING
  • COMING SOON
  • NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP
  • Vouchers
  • FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL 2025
  • TERMS & CONDITIONS
  • OUR STORY
  • PRICES & SPECIALS

FIND US

Academy Gold Cinema Christchurch | Movies Theatre Chch Today
  • NOW PLAYING
  • COMING SOON
  • NEWSLETTER SIGN-UP
  • Vouchers
  • FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL 2025
  • MORE
    • TERMS & CONDITIONS
    • OUR STORY
    • PRICES & SPECIALS

The Critic at Academy Gold Cinema Christchurch | Movies Theatre Chch Today

The Critic

99 mins | Rated M (Violence, offensive language & suicide)

Directed by Anand Tucker

Starring Gemma Arterton, Lesley Manville, Mark Strong, Ian McKellen, Romola Garai, Ben Barnes


The Critic is a story of ambition, blackmail and desire with a dazzling anti-hero at its dark heart. A whodunnit wrapped in a Faustian pact which winds tighter and tighter.

Based on the novel Curtain Call by Anthony Quinn, the film follows an actress who finds herself in a dark situation involving a theatre critic and his paper’s editor in 1930s London.
Read more...
The Critic is a story of ambition, blackmail and desire with a dazzling anti-hero at its dark heart. A whodunnit wrapped in a Faustian pact which winds tighter and tighter.

Based on the novel Curtain Call by Anthony Quinn, the film follows an actress who finds herself in a dark situation involving a theatre critic and his paper’s editor in 1930s London.
Tweet Share

The Critic

99 mins | Rated M (Violence, offensive language & suicide) | Crime

Directed by Anand Tucker | Starring Gemma Arterton, Lesley Manville, Mark Strong, Ian McKellen, Romola Garai, Ben Barnes


The Critic is a story of ambition, blackmail and desire with a dazzling anti-hero at its dark heart. A whodunnit wrapped in a Faustian pact which winds tighter and tighter.

Based on the novel Curtain Call by Anthony Quinn, the film follows an actress who finds herself in a dark situation involving a theatre critic and his paper’s editor in 1930s London.

Tweet Share
  • Location, Parking Info & Contact
  • Newsletter Sign-Up
  • Our Story
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Christmas Vouchers
  • Prices & Specials
  • FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL 2025

Website © 2019 Flicks Ltd