The film stars Golden Globe winner Oscar Isaac as Peter Malkin; Oscar winner Ben Kingsley as Adolph Eichmann; Melanie Laurent as Hanna Elian, an anaesthesiologist and the only female member of the Mossad team; Lior Raz as the Director of the Mossad, Isser Harel; Nick Kroll as Rafi Eitan, an Israeli intelligence officer in charge of the Mossad operation that led to the kidnapping of Adolf Eichmann; Michael Aronov as Zvi Aharoni, an intense and straight-laced Mossad agent; Haley Lu Richardson as Sylvia Hermann, the daughter of a blind concentration camp survivor; and Joe Alwyn as Klaus, Eichmann’s eldest son.

Chris Weitz (About a Boy, The Golden Compass, The Twilight Saga: New Moon) directed from an original screenplay by Matthew Orton. Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Loving, Midnight Special) and Academy-Award nominated Fred Berger (La La Land) produce alongside Isaac and Jason Spire (Mojave). Academy-Award nominated writer Matt Charman (Bridge of Spies) executive produced.

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The film also includes some great laughs along with the heavy hits of pathos as you the audience discover the identity of the voice actors. Of particular note are the very funny antics of Bill Murray as Baloo and the Guido humour of Christopher Walken as King Louie. Idris Elba is also especially majestic as the king of the jungle, Shere Khan

The film travels down the well know path of the animated original but adds enough new depth to give it a relevance of its own. It does however feature a very dark colour palate and as such keeps you really glues to the screen trying to capture all the nuances. Some of child actor Neel Sethi’s (Mowgli) dialogue also requires full attention.

If this is Disney having expanded trust in a young audience and their ability to understand more adult concepts, it’s a great step forward. It also makes the film that much more enjoyable to the older audience members.

Rob Hudson
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Wendy (Patricia Clarkson) is a fiery Manhattan author whose husband has just left her for another woman; Darwan (Ben Kingsley) is a soft-spoken taxi driver from India on the verge of an arranged marriage. As Wendy sets out to reclaim her independence, she runs into a barrier common to many lifelong New Yorkers: she’s never learned to drive. When Wendy hires Darwan to teach her, her unravelling life and his calm restraint seem like an awkward fit. But as he shows her how to take control of the wheel, and she coaches him on how to impress a woman, their unlikely friendship awakens them to the joy, humour, and love in starting life anew.​

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