The film is more pleasant than edifying, which isn't necessarily a bad thing - it generates a warm sense of reverence for a bygone era of entertainment.

| Mar 11, 2020

It's a lovely film if you love movies... There's also a great undercurrent of melancholy.

| Sep 13, 2019

It's a film made with an enormous amount of care and affection. And Coogan and O'Reilly don't just perform. They resurrect.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 22, 2019

This is just about as perfect a tribute to two great screen stars of the past as anyone could wish. I laughed and I cried and I had a thoroughly good time.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 15, 2019

[T]his one is worthwhile viewing, no matter how lightly it might tread.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 27, 2019

It's a modest film, but a very good one, and by the end I was quite moved by its valiant belief in decency and in the duo's eternal appeal.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 26, 2019

There isn't a surprising shot or musical cue in the whole movie, but with performances this good you'd scarcely notice. Coogan and Reilly's physical and vocal resemblance to their subjects is stunning without being slavish or clinical.

| Jan 26, 2019

"Stan & Ollie" has plenty to say about the things that bring us together, and the things that keep us together.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 25, 2019

The bits are tinged with nostalgia, a perpetually unalleviated regret.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 24, 2019

When it's not trying too hard, "Stan & Ollie" is itself a sweetly charming good time.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 23, 2019

A rueful and respectful tribute that stands on its own because of the extraordinary performances of Steve Coogan as Stan and John C. Reilly as Ollie.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 22, 2019

For a movie focused on two of the most influential performers in comedy history, it feels like an especially cruel joke - and not even the punchiness of its two stars can help the thing land.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 18, 2019

I'm nuts about Laurel and Hardy, but the folks behind the bioflick "Stan & Ollie" clearly adore them more. Blame that love on creating a nice mess.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 18, 2019

Coogan and Reilly perform the alchemist's feat of turning lead into gold, finessing all the trademark details - Laurel's puzzled head-scratching, Hardy's flirtatious tie-flipping, the duo's adorable dance moves - with skill and affection.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 17, 2019

"Stan & Ollie..." has allowed viewers to understand what made their characters so great, and so beloved, in a film that magnanimously invites us into a world no less recognizable for being almost entirely erased.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 16, 2019

A film that plasters a soppy rictus across one's face from first frame to last belongs to its leads. Their beguilingly natural performances betray no hint of the monumental effort required for these perfect recreations.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 13, 2019

Like the comedy greats to whom this winningly warm film pays tribute, Jon S Baird's affectionate drama balances humour and pathos, laughter and tears.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 13, 2019

[D]on't expect a comprehensive look into their careers or how they became famous. Instead, director Jon S. Baird tackles the heart of their relationship.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 11, 2019

This glimpse of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's final days as a double act is the most bittersweet of comedies, underplayed at every turn, but then, like the boys themselves, unexpectedly light on its feet.

| Jan 11, 2019

A delightful tribute to twin phenomena so burned into collective consciousness that we need to be reminded they once didn't exist.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 10, 2019