Himesh Patel
- Actor
Press clippings
The Amazing Maurice review
Like the very best of children's cinema, The Amazing Maurice treads below the whimsy of its surface to provide important life lessons of tolerance and fairness. Even death gets some exposure.
Matthew McMillan, The Upcoming, 16th December 2022The Amazing Maurice review - rodent crime caper is a riot of silliness
A stellar cast have a lot of fun hamming it up in this adaptation of a Terry Pratchett novel about a bunch of scamming rats who come unstuck on a con gone wrong.
Cath Clarke, The Guardian, 14th December 2022Hugh Laurie to voice Terry Pratchett film The Amazing Maurice
Hugh Laurie will voice the central character in The Amazing Maurice, a new animated film based on Terry Pratchett's book.
British Comedy Guide, 5th November 2020Boyle & Patel defend controversial John Lennon scene
Director Danny Boyle and actor Himesh Patel have both defended a controversial scene in their film Yesterday following an online backlash. (*Warning: contains spoilers for Yesterday*)
Flora Carr, Radio Times, 7th July 2019The latest jukebox movie to put its women on mute
Danny Boyle's schmaltz-fest is all about musicians, and all of them are men. It's another hero's journey in which women are there to dote, scold and sell out.
Laura Snapes, The Guardian, 27th June 2019Revolving around a failed musician (Himesh Patel) who awakens from a coma and realises he's the only person who knows who the Beatles are, the Danny Boyle directed, Richard Curtis scripted Yesterday squanders a promising premise by using it in service of a reactionary romcom about a bumbling guy learning to appreciate the beautiful best friend (Lily James) who's spent her entire adult life quietly pining for him. The Beatles back-catalogue gets an extensive airing, and Patel's good at performing the songs. But a few Boyle-inflected flourishes aside that hint and something deeper, this is pretty banal stuff. Ed Sheeran has an extended cameo as himself; his best joke involves "improving" the lyrics to a certain classic - a gag that was done better by Nicholas Cage in Peggy Sue Got Married, which says it all, really.
Alistair Harkness, The Scotsman, 27th June 2019Review: Yesterday
The absence of The Beatles is the premise of this mixed movie.
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times, 26th June 2019Review: Yesterday
Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis join forces for a likeable enough, Beatles-themed musical drama.
James Mottram, The List, 24th June 2019EIFF: Yesterday review
This is a delightful film, and though it is not perfect, and could have been improved with a little more bombast here and there and a little less Curtis cuteness, it is undoubtedly an entertaining and outstandingly crafted piece.
Nathaniel Brimmer-Beller, Edinburgh49, 24th June 2019Himesh Patel: interview
The actor on his role in Danny Boyle's new film, the work ethic of EastEnders and the pain of following Spurs.
Michael Hogan, The Guardian, 23rd June 2019