Christmas in July

Its heart is in the right place, but the inspirational uplift looks just a bit artificial

A child’s-eye view, and therefore a rather amusing treatment, of social pathologies that are, in reality, not at all amusing

A mostly faithful and often amusing updating of Shakespeare for which there is no apparent reason except as a demonstration of the film-maker’s cleverness

A poor evocation of the Cold War, this movie redeems itself with a portrayal of men doing their best to cope with a colossal military screw-up.