The story of Kirk and Spock is brought thrillingly back to life by a new first generation: Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, who give inspired, utterly unselfconscious and lovable performances, with power, passion and some cracking comic timing.
Similarly, The Guardian writer Peter Bradshaw expressed: "The story of Kirk and Spock is brought thrillingly back to life by a new first generation: Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto, who give inspired, utterly unselfconscious and lovable performances, with power, passion and some cracking comic timing".
This is most true for Robbie Coltrane's endlessly lovable, definitive performance as Hagrid.
Ms. Morton's performance is lovable and very amusing, and it's never absolutely clear whether the prim Prossy lusts after her boss.
Mr. Hancock, however, remains a fine director of actors, and Ms. Esterman, a gifted stage actress making a rare film appearance, delivers an eerily ambiguous performance, part lovable eccentric and part Hannibal Lecter.
That said, the drama is a pleasing adaptation that brings life to lovable characters, with strong performances from the ensemble cast.
Here is a Sunday night Call the Midwife-style saga, wholly lovable and compelling, with excellent performances from Oona Chaplin (Game of Thrones), who plays a similar sort of practically minded, quietly angry doer of good as she did playing Talisa Maegyr working on the battlefields of Westerlands – but without a great deal for the viewer to weep or wail about.
From the start, critics have relished Richard Roxburgh's performance as the chaotic, lovable Cleaver Greene.
The standout for her however, was John Noble's performance, as he played "lovable and brilliant" Walter and "chillingly conniving" Walternate, both of which makes him "an even more unforgettable character" as the audience sees what Walter could have been.
