74
Metascore
35 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The GuardianXan BrooksThe GuardianXan BrooksWhat a lovely, rousing, finally moving film this is.
- 90The Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungThe Hollywood ReporterDeborah YoungA funny-moving story enjoyably retold with classic British understatement and just the right twist at the end.
- 83The PlaylistJessica KiangThe PlaylistJessica KiangYou could dine on nothing but lard for twenty years and still not develop the hardness of heart necessary to avoid being won over by Roger Michell‘s The Duke, a ridiculously charming British comedy that dunks a gamely accented prestige cast into an appealingly milky true story like so many digestives into a warm, well-earned, early evening cuppa.
- 80Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinMichell, working off a jaunty script by Richard Bean and Clive Coleman, keeps the action bubbling along with little room to ponder the stranger-than-fiction improbability of the steal, one that, with the plethora of security measures and protocols in place nowadays, feels quaint — though in a fun, nostalgic way.
- 80Time OutPhil de SemlyenTime OutPhil de SemlyenOne token racism subplot aside, it juggles big ideas of social justice with more intimate moments of family life beautifully.
- 80EmpireJohn NugentEmpireJohn NugentThe kind of heist movie that will steal your affections from under your nose. An Ealing-esque comedy with its heart exactly in the right place, it proves a fitting farewell for the multitalented director, Roger Michell.
- 75IndieWireNicholas BarberIndieWireNicholas BarberIf you suspect The Duke is on the cosy and nostalgic side of the cinematic spectrum, you might be right. But it’s such an expertly crafted and highly polished piece of warmhearted escapism that it’s difficult to resist.
- 70Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganMichell’s film is as defiantly traditional as the wallpaper which decorates the Bunton’s house.
- 50Slant MagazineChris BarsantiSlant MagazineChris BarsantiThe film misses an opportunity to delve particularly deeply into the keenly relevant issues of inequality and social disconnection that so animate its protagonist.