Here are review links for this film submitted by our members:
- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ SpiritualityandPractice.com
- Excerpt: A soulful, richly human, coming-of-age film brimming with meaning.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: while the film, beautifully shot in black and white (by cinematographer Haris Zambarloukoshaving), has some charming moments, Branagh’s failure to establish his point of view as belonging solely to Buddy renders too many aspects of his film inauthentic.
- Herman Dhaliwal @ Cinema Sanctum
- Excerpt: The film wears its heart on its sleeve, and I found it easy to get swept up in Branagh’s trip down memory lane.
- Bavner Donaldo @ Cinejour [Indonesian]
- [New] | Luiz Carlos Gomes Santiago @ Plano Crítico [Portuguese]
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: Director Kenneth Branagh’s sweet and sincere reflection of his childhood.
- Mark Leeper @ Mark Leeper’s Reviews
- Excerpt: BELFAST is Kenneth Branagh’s reminiscence of growing up in Belfast during the Troubles. It is therefore not as light-hearted as many childhood reminiscences are.
- Wesley Lovell @ Cinema Sight
- James Luxford @ City AM
- Jared Mobarak @ JaredMobarak.com
- Excerpt: The sooner you accept everything is happening through Buddy’s eyes, the sooner you can enjoy the humor as a device [cutting] through dread rather than [distracting from it].
- James Plath @ Family Home Theater
- Bev Questad @ itsjustmovies.com
- Excerpt: The timing of the production and release of Branagh’s “Belfast,” with a mesmerizing soundtrack by Van Morrison (Belfast born), might not be a coincidence but a foreshadowing or warning of things to come in the Western world.
- Josh Taylor @ The Forgetful Film Critic
- Excerpt: Belfast gave me a very personal glimpse into an important corner of its creator’s history. I feel richer for having had the experience.
- James Wegg @ JWR [French]
- Excerpt: “A fork in the road”
