Elämän edessä

...this is a warm-hearted character piece that steers refreshingly clear of ghetto movie clichés, and compensates for plot holes by focusing on the relationship between the two leads.

Sean Connery eschews his usual sccchhhexxy-Shhhhccccottish thing and delivers a rumpled, affectionately towering performance; newcomer Rob Brown, as the urban boy wonder, holds his own quite well.

...det delikate og besværlige forsøg på at bringe litteraturens indre verden til filmen...