Sophie Okonedo

At its best delineating the absurdities of immigrant life lost in the London rat race.

Functions better as an emotional drama than a history lesson...remains an important and, at times, profounding moving film.

Though it panders shamelessly, it's not entirely unwelcome in a time when the PG movie is an endangered species.

[A] family-friendly science-fiction series redefined for the new millenium by an especially grand, generous spirit to its storytelling.