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Cinema

Manipulative and sentimental but also affectionate: Belfast reviewed

22 January 2022

9:00 AM

22 January 2022

9:00 AM

Belfast

12A, Nationwide

After Artemis Fowl and Murder on the Orient Express you may have had concerns about Kenneth Branagh ever helming a film again — keep away, Ken, keep away! — but Belfast is plainly a different prospect. It is an autobiographical account of his earliest years growing up in Belfast during the Troubles, and it is heartfelt, warm and authentic even if it does sometimes tip into the overly sentimental and nostalgic.

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