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Ethel And Ernest
The movie is an intimate and affectionate depiction of the life and times of two ordinary Londoners living against the background of immense social change in the mid 20th Century.
7 June 1931, Marylebone, London, England, UK
20 February 1946, Ramsgate, Kent, England, UK
18 January 1934, Wimbledon, London, England, UK
1971, UK
7 June 1962
16 February 1927, Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK
10 September 1984, Exeter, Devon, England, UK
October 27, 2016
It's an engaging film, but it leaves you with a feeling that there might be a deeper, darker, more specific story yet to be told.
October 28, 2016
Brought delightfully to life by the ever- incredible Brenda Blethyn and Jim Broadbent, Ethel & Ernest is a poignant and delicate tribute to Raymond's parents and times past.
October 30, 2016
The animation style is appealing and unthreatening, but the film lacks the beguiling magic of The Snowman or the thematic potency of When the Wind Blows.
October 27, 2016
Something about the familiarity of these voices, and their inescapable Mike Leigh-ishness in this setting, turns out to be exactly what the roles need.
October 27, 2016
A lovely and poignant animated adaptation of Raymond Briggs's picture book biography of his eponymous working class parents.
October 27, 2016
Ethel & Ernest is the kind of contemplative grown-up animation that the Japanese have been making for decades but the British have never fully embraced. That's our loss because the format can make for deceptively powerful filmmaking.
December 17, 2016
As a tribute to two good people, and to their generation of Britons, it's gently poignant.
October 27, 2016
A modest, engaging feature that is as warm and welcome as a nice cup of tea.
November 09, 2016
Ethel And Ernest is irresistible.
October 28, 2016
Briggs's humanism and pacifism are the baselines here, and both the narrative and visuals keep finding ways to illustrate the uncertainties of wartime.
March 16, 2017
At times the movie threatens to melt into a pool of bulldog nostalgia, but it's rescued by a wealth of authentic social detail, especially as the young couple keep a stiff upper lip during World War II.
October 28, 2016
The overall effect remains sincere and heart-warming, buoyed by ever-cheery vocal performances from Brenda Blethyn and Jim Broadbent.