The Critic

• RATING: M
• RELEASE DATE: 3 OCTOBER 2024
• RUNNING TIME: 1 HR & 39 MINS
• COMING SOON

Synopsis: 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 & tighter.

In the film set in 1934 London, Ian McKellen plays Jimmy Erskine, the most feared drama critic in town—with Gemma Arterton as Nina Land, the actress determined to win his favor. When Jimmy finds himself in the crosshairs of his newspaper’s new owner, David Brooke (Mark Strong), Nina becomes entangled in a dangerous web of blackmail, deceit and murder.

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Anand Tucker

Stars: Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton, Mark Strong, Romola Garai, Ben Barnes, Lesley Manville, Alfred Enoch