Jason Shawhan Nashville Scene Sep 9, 2021

If you ever find yourself hoisted on the petard of your own overthinking, then this is the rom-com for you.

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Olly Richards NME (New Musical Express) Sep 3, 2021

Simon Amstell's first feature is a heartwarming, brutal self-portrait...

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Ben Turner The Pink Lens Sep 1, 2021 4/5

The writing is smart, self-aware and subtle, but for a comedian whose output has been so ballsy and sassy in the past, this semi-autobiographical nuance is a whole new angle for the man behind Pop Justice and Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

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Dennis Harvey 48 Hills Aug 28, 2020

These characters are so annoyingly hapless, you expect them to curl up on the floor and suck their thumbs at any moment.

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Josh Bell Crooked Marquee Aug 18, 2020 B

Morgan is charmingly flustered in an early-Hugh Grant way, and Amstell has a knack for biting one-liners about the fundamental emptiness of human existence.

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Tom Beasley VultureHound Aug 15, 2020 3/5

Helped by Colin Morgan's enjoyably sad central turn, this is a British comedy that knows when to bark and when to bite.

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Rob Rector Film Threat Jul 24, 2020 8/10

The script crackles with endlessly sharp throwaway lines, astute observations of the underground "art scene," and sweet, well-executed montages.

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Guy Lodge Variety Jul 21, 2020

From this delicate premise, "Benjamin" wrings a lot of warmly perceptive, occasionally acidic humor.

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Zehra Phelan Flavourmag Jul 13, 2020 3/5

Through all its Shoreditch hipster pretension there is a fine balancing act of witty inelegance.

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Matthew Singleton Film Inquiry Oct 2, 2019

Infused with his trademark wit, the film is hilarious at times but also carries with it more complex undertones. Benjamin is a gorgeous little film.

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Ben Hooper Battle Royale With Cheese Aug 11, 2019

The film occasionally feels more like Amstell's personal exercise in exploring his own emotions and neuroses than a satisfying story, but there's enough warmth and wan smiles to make Benjamin a touching tale of love, learning and creativity.

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Sarah Cartland Caution Spoilers Aug 7, 2019 4/5

A hilariously awkward tale of looking for love in the wrong places. Amstell is skilled at teasing out the comedy to be found in emotion, while reining in that found in the media world. They're weird, but they're real.

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Rob Aldam Backseat Mafia Aug 7, 2019

A warm and joyfully understated metropolitan romance.

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Amelia Harvey The People's Movies Aug 5, 2019 3/5

There is more to this film than a portrait of a navel-gazing, painfully awkward and tortured artist but sadly not quite enough..

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Gary M. Kramer San Francisco Bay Times Jun 14, 2019

Alternately charming and cringe-inducing...Nevertheless, it is easy to root for Benjamin and his friends, even if they are their own worst enemies.

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Anna Leszkiewicz New Statesman Mar 21, 2019

If this all seems a bit meta, Benjamin is grounded by its very sweet love story.

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Alexa Dalby Dog and Wolf Mar 20, 2019 4/5

The film is revealing, personal and bittersweet. It unerringly nails a certain kind of contemporary arty milieu.

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Tara Brady Irish Times Mar 20, 2019 3/5

Under the satire, there's an authentic sense of emotional uncertainty.

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Matthew Bond The Mail on Sunday (UK) Mar 18, 2019 3/5

Colin Morgan is terrific as Benjamin, a struggling film-maker who finds stop-start solace with a French music student. But it's repetitive and eventually runs out of steam.

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Edward Porter Sunday Times (UK) Mar 18, 2019 3/5

Even if you don't think the dithering, anxious Benjamin should just get a grip, you might wish Amstell had asserted himself more as a dramatist.

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