“Stays on course with such steady grace and so blithe a spirit that it’s all the more satisfying for the various risks it takes along the way”

- Kevin Thomas

“The novelty of hearing a self-described ‘cripple’ use words that cannot be printed in this newspaper wears off after the first half-hour of the film”

- Susan Stark

The Theory of Flight

Based on a true story, a down-on-his-luck man obsessed with building a workable aircraft and a wheelchair-bound woman obsessed with losing her virginity, hesitantly become friends. Helena Bonham Carter, Kenneth Branagh, Gemma Jones, Holly Aird, Ray Stevenson. Director: Paul Greengrass (1998, R)