set on my DVD pile for a while before i finaly got round to wathing it, really enjoyed it, well acted, good script,great actors and a really original film ...give it a try +++

This film is slow to get going but great fun in places with some decent star turns.
Michelle Pfieffer, Mark Strong and Jason Flemyng seem to have nailed the mood of the piece and give great performances whilst Claire Danes & Sienna Miller have enough moments to illustrate ability and beauty. It is a real shame then that ego-heavy performances from Ricky Gervais and Robert De Niro nearly derail the movie with unwelcome laugh-at-me turns. De Niro is just embarrassing and it is very sad to see that such a great actor can be so badly off form and over indulgent.
Worth watching though for a film with real heart and imagination.

i didn't know what to expect with this film as it got many mixed reviews but was intrigued with director mathew vaughn trying something completley diffrent from his gangster debut layer cake.he's pulled of a brilliant fantasy that the whole family can enjoy with great turns from michelle pfieffer ,robert de niro claire danes and newcomer charlie cox.i would have gave it five stars but for one gripe the painfully unfunny and mr smug himself ricky gervais pops up in a cameo is there nowhere we can escape his very slappable face?