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Independent on Sunday | January 13th 2002 by Jonathan Romney

"Occasionally the film erupts into big scale evocations of the the past. The best of these, a flashback to hop-picking in Kent, is a vidid idyl or romantic, flirty, itchy sex; JJ Feild, looking less like the young Caine than Jude Law in a Caine biopic, and Kelly Reilly, playing Mirren's character as a girl, steal the show and make the film crackle."

 

 

Real Movies | Peter Travers March 2002

"Even the actors selected to play these characters in their youth match up well - JJ Feild as young Jack and Kelly Reilly as young Amy exude a palpable sensuality."

 

 

Daily News of Los Angeles | December 2001

"We see the characters in their youth and middle years and watch in wonder as JJ Feild (as a young Jack) delivers a dead-on impersonation of Caine"

 

 

Pittsburgh Post Gazette | April 26, 2002 by Barry Parris

"Present-tense sex is provided in beautifully erotic flashbacks by gorgeous J.J. Feild and Kelly Reilly as the young Jack and Amy (with Hemmings' son Nolan playing the young version of his father)."

 

 

The State | May 2002

"Besides looking practically identical to Caine in his youth, JJ Feild brings a sexy charm to the role, turning it into more than a mere impersonation."

 

 

Orlando Weekly| May 2002 by William A Sievert

"But it is the second cast, the younger actors who portray the friends in adolescence, that makes us care about the fate of these people. JJ Feild in particular lights up the screen as young Jack, exuberant at all the adventures life has to offer. When he and Amy (Kelly Reilly) have their first tumble in a pea patch, it is a deliciously sensual scene."

 

 

Independent | January 11th 2002 by Anthony Quinn

"Schepisi keeps a firm hold, however, and with the help of his casting directors (Patsy Pollock, Shaheen Baig) he has matched up the lead characters beautifully with actors impersonating their younger selves. JJ Feild as Jack and Anatol Yusef as Ray are entirely credible as rookie soldiers made fast friends in the crucible of war."

 

 

Mixed Reviews | 2002 by Jill Cozzi

"The casting of the younger versions of these characters ranges from the inspired to the incomprehensible. Of particular note is newcomer J.J. Feild as the young Jack. Feild could easily be Jude Law's somewhat less gorgeous but no less magnetic younger brother. He's the perfect young version of the perfect Caineian scamp. Feilds' scenes with Kelly Reilly as the young Amy, with Anatol Yusef as young Ray, and with Hemmings' young Lenny, shot as they are by Brian Tufano with the gold and rose-colored glow of nostalgia, border on the magical. "

 

 

Hollywood Reporter | Michael Rechtshaffen 2001

His colorful, old-guard cast masterfully brings it all home, and the actors selected to play younger versions of the characters -- particularly JJ Feild and his savvy Caine impression -- are, for the most part, quite convincing.

 

 

Daily Record | June 2006

Poignant and emotional all-star drama based on the novel by Graham Swift andstarring Michael Caine, Helen Mirren , Bob Hoskins, Tom Courtenay and David Hemmings. Four old mates scatter the ashes of their recently deceased companion in Margate,reflecting on their own experiences along the way. Featuring good support from Ray Winstone, JJ Feild and George Innes.

 

 

The Intended

DVD Talk | Scott Lecter 2005

The supporting cast also manages to pull their weight throughout the film. J.J. Field does some of his best work as Sarah's lover, Hamish.

 

 

San Francisco Chronical | Carla Meyer July 2, 2004

"McTeer and Feild give their characters an intense emotional connection"

 

 

Tulse Luper Suitcases

Screen Daily | 2003 by Jonathan Romney

Even given Greenaway's preference for non-naturalistic performance, some of the acting is stilted and never allows the characters to gel as anything more than bizarre puppets. The one performance that gives the film a human touch is Feild, a winningly candid boy-hero.

 

Screen Daily | 2004 by Lee Marshall

"With his Old Etonian, rowing-eights good looks, JJ Field makes a good, passive Everyman, confused but eternally optimistic, not unlike the Tintin character who flashes briefly across the screen of the Arc-en-Ciel cinema where Luper works in the central, Strasbourg-set scenes."

 

Film Festivals.com | 2003 by Ronald Bergman

"Luper is played by JJ Field with a certain charm and courage- he is often full frontally nude"

 

 

Variety | Sept 2003 by David Stratton

"Once again, the actors aren't called upon to give detailed performances as much as they are to expose themselves with as much good humor as they can muster. In this respect, Feild, Dhavernas and Cervi come off best."

 

 

Death On The Nile

DVD Verdict.com | Jan 3rd 2005 by Amanda DeWees

JJ Feild brings credibility to a role that's more layered than it at first seems.

 

 

The Secret Life Of Mrs Beeton

Times | October 16th 2006 by David Chater

"This witty and moving biopic stars Anna Madeley as the industrious Isabella, while J. J. Field performs the impressive feat of making Sam a sympathetic figure."

 

 

Times | November 10th 2006 Peter Parker

"The woman behind the book was not, as many people imagine, a bossy, bombazine-clad old bag, but an energetic and hard-working young woman who died of puerperal fever at the age of twenty-eight, possibly as an indirect result of catching syphilis from her rakish and unreliable husband (a convincingly seductive J. J. Feild)."

 

 

Ruby In The Smoke

The Observer | December 31st 2006 by Kathryn Flett

"The likeable JJ Feild (a great deal of whose life must be spent telling people that, yes, it really is e-before-i, and I sympathise: four decades of 'it's Flett-not-Fleet' has been dreary) made a charming nearly romantic lead."

 

 

Northanger Abbey

Hollywood Reporter | March 2007 by Ray Bennett

"Feild has an offhand but winning charm as Henry"

 

 

Times | March 24th 2007 by Caitlin Moran

"ITV1’s Jane Austen season continues with Northanger Abbey, a fairly straightforward, vanilla, Andrew Davies-by-numbers adaptation that is ultimately notable for only two things: 1) J J Feild makes a hot Tilney, and 2) The ending feels inexplicably rushed."

 

 

Times | March 24th 2007 by David Chater

"Andrew Davies’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel is a delight from beginning to end. It is a light-hearted love story between a young girl (Felicity Jones) who believes that everyone in the world is as sweet-natured as herself, and an amusing young man (J.J. Feild) who possesses “the best and truest heart” in the world. Their love, needless to say, is beset with complications and played out against the social whirl of Bath and the Gothic horrors of Northanger Abbey. Superbly cast and bursting with energy and humour, it achieves a contemporary immediacy without the loss of any sense of period. It is so fresh and funny that, by the end, you may be left feeling giddy with happiness".

 

 

Telegraph | March 26th 2007 by James Walton

"They bumped into Mr Tilney (JJ Feild), who was not only handsome and amusing, but also had a good working knowledge of couture."

 

 

Custard TV | March 2007

"Could it be the marvellously charming JJ Feild as the dashingly repressed Henry Tilney?"

 

 

TV Scoop | March 2007

"JJ Feild's Henry Tilney is the pick of the love-interests, yes, even up against Penry-Jones's Wentworth next week (and it pains me to say that, but it's true). He makes Tilney the anti-Darcy in every way other than attractiveness: he's warm, witty and open-hearted, just proving that you don't need to be stomping around in a huff to be the perfect Austen hero."

 

 

The acting, as with most British period productions, is exemplary. Felicity Jones pulls off the neat trick of appearing both country-bumpkinish naive and sexually desirable - perfect for her character. She handles the comedy well, and has nice, heated chemistry with Feild (he looks rather disconcertedly at times like Jude Law). He's quite adept at getting across Henry's cynicism, while providing female viewers with the required handsome, wistful romanticism called for in this type of film.

 

 

"It’s really the actors’ movie, with JJ Feild and Said Taghmaoui delivering stellar performances. Feild is Bobby Goldman, a New York “digger” or archeologist who goes to fight for Israel. Said Taghmaoui is Said Chahine, Field’s Palestinian friend who returns home to fight. Both actors are charming, creating sympathy for both sides of the conflict."

 

 

Boca Raton News | October 2007

"Underscoring the even-handedness is the appealing way the characters are created by JJ Field and Said Taghmaoui, each honorable in his own way."

 

 

Hollywood Reporter | October 2007

"Taghmaoui gives an eloquent, deeply felt performance, and Feild also is appealing, though his British accent sometimes slips through...While many prestige pictures this fall seem bloated and overlong, this is the rare film that seems too short."

 

 

Jewish Standard | October 2007

"Elie Chouraqui shows the stuff of a good director. He also does a great job playing the minor role of Isaac Roth. Both J.J. Field and Said Taghmaoui are fine as the major protagonists. O Jerusalem tells the story of Israel and is a film that you want to love. Many viewers will forgive the film’s flaws and cry and rejoice at the appropriate moments."

 

 

JB Spins | August 2007

"Saïd Taghmaoui brings real intensity to the role of Chahine and J.J. Feild seems to grow into the role of Goldman as the film progresses. "

Telstar

Sunday Times| May 2009

Telstar is superbly cast: alongside O’Neill’s bravura Meek, Kevin Spacey (as Meek’s financier), Pam Ferris (as the doomed landlady, Mrs Shenton) and JJ Feild (as Heinz, the talentless singer Meek loved obsessively) all deliver formidable performances. “I fought for the actors I knew would do it proud. Originally, we were hearing, ‘If you cast Tim Roth as Meek...’ ‘No! It’s Con.’