The Duke
- 2022 film
Jim Broadbent stars as a man who steals a painting from the National Gallery. Based on a true story. Also features Helen Mirren, Fionn Whitehead, Anna Maxwell Martin, Matthew Goode, Jack Bandeira and more.
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The Duke review
A jolly throwback to a time when flip, breezy British comedies came freighted with substance, and lots of charismatic performances to boot.
Little White Lies, 24th February 2022The Duke, review
Jim Broadbent is exceptional in this emotional underdog comedy.
Geoffrey Macnab, i Newspaper, 24th February 2022The Duke review
Roger Michell's final feature retells story of the cussed Newcastle pensioner who stole a Goya portrait in protest at government spending priorities.
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 23rd February 2022The Duke review
Jim Broadbent and Helen Mirren excel in charming art-theft comedy.
Danny Leigh, The Financial Times, 23rd February 2022The bus driver who confessed to stealing a Goya masterpiece
In 1961, a portrait by the artist vanished from the UK's National Gallery. As The Duke, a film about the theft, is released, Nicholas Barber tells the story of an incredible art heist.
Nicholas Barber, BBC, 22nd February 2022The Duke review
Tremendously sweet and endearing, The Duke awakens a sense of nostalgia for bygone times, and it is also a wonderful final addition to Roger Michell's legacy.
Mersa Auda, The Upcoming, 21st February 2022Helen Mirren and Jim Broadbent talk The Duke and future of the BBC
"If Kempton was around now, he'd have been fighting to save the BBC; he'd be on the side of the BBC against the Government."
Ginny Dougary, Radio Times, 19th February 2022The Duke: A testament to Roger Michell's joyous personality
As the director's last feature - a true-life crime caper - finally opens, Helen Mirren, Jim Broadbent, Anna Maxwell Martin and more remember the quiet genius of British cinema.
Xan Brooks, The Guardian, 18th February 2022The Duke review
Jim Broadbent steals the show in Ealing-style heist comedy.
Raphael Abraham, The Financial Times, 7th September 2020The Duke review
All rise for The Duke, a scrappy underdog yarn that makes a powerful case for the rackety English amateur, the common man who survives by his wits with the odds stacked against him.
Xan Brooks, The Guardian, 5th September 2020