Saw it yesterday, dragged a bit but my lad loved it. Where we watched it was like stepping back into the ’70s but we were already in Norfolk so it wasn’t very far to travel back. A bright auditorium, tiny seats all on a level – you can see everyone else in the room strangely makes you quite self conscious. It made me realise how good the multiplex experience is (never thoutht I’d say that) especially highlighted when there is bucket of popcorn only ten inches behind your head for most of the film. The wurlitzer and art deco detail were charming for about two minutes.
The film’s okay, we’ve read the books and there’s quite a lot of detail in the story that feels a bit squeezed in the film but it covers much more than half of the last book. Unless you’re familiar with the experience, I recommend that you don’t watch it in Cromer.
