The Critic

Ian McKellen and Gemma Arterton star in a story of ambition, blackmail and desire with a dazzling anti-hero at its dark heart, adapted by Patrick Marber from Anthony Quinn’s sharp-witted novel set in 1930s London. 

When the most feared and vicious theatre critic in town, Jimmy Erskine, finds himself suddenly in the crosshairs of his newspaper’s new owner, he strikes a Faustian pact with struggling actor Nina Land, who is desperate to win his favour.