The Lost City Of Z
Cert 15, 141 mins, opens 24 March
Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller Director: James Gray
THE PLOT At the dawn of the 20th century, British explorer Percy Fawcett (Hunnam) discovers signs of a lost civilisation in the Amazon jungle. He returns twice more over the next 20 years, battling ridicule from the scientific establishment.
WHAT’S RIGHT WITH IT? The most ambitious film yet from Gray (We Own The
Night) proves plenty transporting as Fawcett and his team tackle external peril and internal division. Hunnam delivers his most convincing film performance to date, and R-pattz is assured as his sidekick.
WHAT’S WRONG WITH IT? The events of Fawcett’s life – including four years fighting the First World War – give it a sprawling shape.
VERDICT Gray makes a persuasive case that it’s the journey that’s important in life, not the destination.