My Salinger Year

You can't help comparing it to The Devil Wears Prada, which is sharper and funnier and more bitter...but it's the very definition of a film that goes down nicely, there are better things it can be but worse things too...

Sigourney Weaver and Margaret Qualley are two of the juiciest actresses in America and, thanks to them, this period drama is never less than tantalising.

Any film that can take an actor as sparky as Qualley and deliver a character with the personality of a damp dishcloth wrapped in a cardigan is seriously underusing its year in New York.

Lacking in style and substance, would benefit from a major redraft.

Weaver is the secret weapon, the book trade made flesh.

If you're an aspiring literary type, this is the film for you: a sweet - if slight - entry in the coming-of-age canon, buoyed by strong turns from Qualley and Weaver.

Sigourney Weaver steals the limelight in this beautifully shot adaptation of Joanna Rakoff’s best-selling memoir.

“My Salinger Year” is a charming and earnest drama that tells its story with a warm sincerity but muted emotions.

When grounded it has some amusing moments.

Qualley is destined to be a star. A great, great nostalgia piece about the glories of being a literature nerd.