Craig Roberts
- Actor, writer and director
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Eternal Beauty review
Directors dealing with mental illness can often make you wince, treating it as an invitation to all manner of visual hammery. Still in his twenties, Roberts is seasoned enough not to follow suit.
Danny Leigh, The Financial Times, 30th September 2020Eternal Beauty review
A brilliant Sally Hawkins stands atop Craig Roberts' perceptive look at mental illness. Small but beautifully formed.
Ian Freer, Empire, 28th September 2020Eternal Beauty review
Story-wise, there's not a huge amount going on here, but the film soars in its consistently imaginative take on the way Jane views the world and the sense of solidarity it fosters.
Emma Simmonds, The List, 28th September 2020Mark Rylance to star in golf film The Fantastic Flitcrofts
Mark Rylance is to take the lead role in The Fantastic Flitcrofts, a British comedy film about the golfer who gatecrashed the 1976 British Open.
British Comedy Guide, 19th June 2020Simon Farnaby developing golf film The Phantom Of The Open
The Phantom Of The Open, a film about the world's worst golfer from Ghosts star Simon Farnaby, is edging closer to cinemas, with Craig Roberts now attached as director.
British Comedy Guide, 19th May 2020Eternal Beauty review
Craig Roberts returns to the director's chair with the powerful story of a woman with paranoid schizophrenia. Sally Hawkins gives a superb performance in the lead role.
Carmen Paddock, The Skinny, 2nd March 2020Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans review
Derek Jacobi gamely reprises his celebrated role as Claudius in an entertaining big-screen outing for the CBBC television series
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 26th July 2019Cast list revealed for Horrible Histories: The Movie
Nick Frost, Kim Cattrall, Derek Jacobi and over 20 well-known British comic actors are amongst those due to star in Horrible Histories: The Movie - Rotten Romans, coming to cinemas in July 2019.
British Comedy Guide, 3rd October 2018Hard to resist this sweet-natured romcom from Richard Ayoade, AKA Maurice Moss of The IT Crowd. It's the story of 15-year-old Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts), who is determined to lose his virginity before he hits 16 (preferably with Yasmin Paige's Jordana) and to protect his mother (Sally Hawkins) from the seductive powers of old mullet-headed flame Graham (Paddy Considine). There's real warmth and comedy in these characters.
Paul Howlett, The Guardian, 19th August 2017Preview - Submarine
Richard Ayoade's directorial debut is an idiosyncratic coming-of-age drama about a teenage pupil who is trying to cope with the trials of school and domestic life while also discovering love.
Gareth Hargreaves, On The Box, 18th August 2017