bendabook I am a bit overwhelmed after watching this beautifully acted gem. As a lover of British pieces, I thought I would give this a try, especially since I love the actors. The writing, the acting, the set, the directing- all were flawless. A moving morality tale with a speech that really delivers. David Thespis is perfect. His facial expression at a crucial scene made me weep. This's truly great art that speaks to the very core of what it means to be a human being. Loved it.

jamalking15 Too predictable and followed an all-too-popular modern script of framing a historical story in modern terms. Very preachy and almost made you sympatic to the anti-heroes. Any number of better endings could have worked, but this failed. David Thewlis was the only redeeming actor in the film, and he tried hard to make his character believable, but I think he also felt the story lacked reality and it showed.

steveannedavid The film is based around a play that unlike other reviewers here, I have not seen or read before. I found it thoroughly entertaining, but a little disappointing at the end. Some spoilers from here.I know the final speech given by the inspector is from the original play, but it seems contrived and unlike the rest of the performance, a bit quirky and out of place. It's a shame the director did not extend changes or liberties to it, but the critics may have had a go at him/her if they had.Some reviewers here did not like the time travel bit the inspector was doing at the end, but I understood a different sequence was occurring which was not time travel, but another chance for the family to do the right thing before the tragedy actually occurred. A chance which they squander while rebuilding their personal confidences and putting down or blaming the messenger of their personal inadequacies.Overall, a marvelous tale shot and acted well. Would I watch it again, yes.Improvements, maybe but things I would have liked to see, may not suit everyone. Maybe seeing the inspector in the background of some of the external scenes of the girl (that they have added as the original play doesn't have them). Like they do in the Murdock mysteries, but not as much in the forefront. At the end, you'd be really guessing about his capabilities then. Giving it a real hint of guardian angel for the girl.

iaanniss After watching this movie adaptation of An Inspector Calls, I felt that this remake turned into a great success. At first the characters weren't what I expected, most of them seemed quite simple and bland and thought that the actors weren't suited to to their roles. But as the film progressed my attitude towards the characters changes, Eric and Sheila aren't the spoiled brats I thought they were- they actually care about the death of this young woman. Gerald, I realized has more emotional depth Han I gave him credit for, but Mr and Mrs Birling we're exactly what I thought they'd be like and their attitudes towards Eva didn't really change. As for the Inspector I thought that David Thewlis did a great job being the Inspector and his character was also amazing but what I didn't like about the Inspector was that towards the end of the film, he starts time traveling (Priestly hinted that the Inspector was supernatural) but I started getting very confused and became unsure of if he was there before she died and it was a flash back or he is the reason she is dead... I have no idea. But overall this was an amazing movie and I really enjoyed it.