Deborah Ross

The problem with Believe is you simply won’t believe any of it – unless you’re a child

Anne Reid and Brian Cox can’t rescue this pile-up of clichés, easy sentiment and predictable plot twists

Obstacle on the footballing front: Natascha McElhone as Georgie’s mother [© Trinity Film] 
issue 26 July 2014

The trouble with Believe is that, unless you are ten years old or under, which I’m assuming you are not, you won’t believe. Not for a second. Not for a minute. Not a word of it. This doesn’t see itself as a children’s film and isn’t being marketed as a children’s film, which means I can’t be kind and generous about it, as I might be about an actual children’s film, if I were in a charitable mood.

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