Hatchet Job: Love Movies, Hate Critics - Couverture souple

'A wry, robust and developed defence of accountable critical voices' 4 stars, Total Film

'Entertainingly incendiary stuff' Empire

'Very accessible, entertaining and relevant . . . warmly recommended' 4 Stars, Den of Geek

'Engaging, informative and funny . . . a thoroughly enjoyable and accessible book . . . buy it now' Vada magazine

'Populist, entertaining . . . A very personal examination of the usefulness and value of film criticism . . . Will delight fans of Kermode's previous books, and offers a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain into the life of a professional film critic' Verité

'A passionate history of his craft [from] Britain's premier film critic' Sp!ked

'Mark Kermode, perhaps the UK's most prominent film critic and certainly one of its most respected, covers all the big issues involved in writing reviews: being honest and only saying things you actually believe, trying to get the facts right, writing well, being entertaining, and, sometimes, changing your mind . . . It's funny, moving and angry' Theaker's Quarterly

'Insightful, erudite . . . relaxed and witty' HeyUGuys

'Puts a populist, accessible front on concepts that lesser authors turn into psychobabble' Jonathan Clements, MangaUK

'Entertaining . . . lively . . . valiant . . . he still reacts to cinema with the open-minded enthusiasm of someone who sees going to the pictures as a treat' New Statesman

'His enthusiasm for film and film criticism is infectious' The List

'Brilliantly puts the shifting sands of contemporary film criticism under the microscope' Digital Spy

'Annoying, irritating' --Will Self, Guardian