‘An unbelievable Die Hard rip-off’: two decades of Alan Rickman’s withering film reviews

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When the Harry Potter actor died in 2016, he left a trove of revealing diaries – which included some very frank critiques of movies of the time

It’s clear from Alan Rickman’s diaries that he never lost his passion for the screen. The pages are littered with his verdicts on the movies he loved – and hated. Here’s a small selection.For half of it, I thought it was a slightly coldly accurate rendition of the script. But somehow it kicked in. Holly Hunter was wonderful. They all were. An inspiration.

Unbelievable Die Hard rip-off. Adversaries on the phone to each other, falling from a skyscraper etc, etc.Photograph: Channel 4 Picture Publicity Great reviews, Linda Fiorentino, etc, etc. Bodes well. But a deeply cynical, joyless, diminishing piece of work and we decide to leave. An espresso is more rewarding.Like watching your own life flash by. Things that aunts did or said and mums never forgot and never talked about leaving you perplexed as you open Xmas doors on sobbing relatives. Tim Spall quite wonderful.

Ultimately a bit of a let down. Matt Damon is a really fine actor, however. But the film feels as if it is looking for a sense of purpose, or that it has too many. AndPhotograph: Orion Classics/Sportsphoto/Allstar Steve Buscemi’s beautiful film. Complete rethink on the being-in-it-and-directing question, although it has such a central quietness you forget anybody is acting or directing something. V inspiring.Jamie Bell is quite wonderful – not a sentimental second in his performance. The film is Stephen Daldry at his most calculating. It is almost as if he has fed the requirements into a computer.

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