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Daniel Craig is 'transfixing and brilliant in sensational' same-sex romance Queer as critics praise the explicit 'masterpiece' - but others slam it as 'pretentious and unengaging'


Daniel Craig has been dubbed as 'transfixing' and 'brilliant' by critics in the 'sensational' new same-sex romance Queer as the first wave of stellar reviews pour in for the hotly-anticipated film.

'Craig always commands the screen in his regulation honorary consul crumpled white suit, hat, glasses and a pistol that he bizarrely carries around openly holstered, a droll phallic symbol for this erotic cowboy who is very much a lover not a fighter. He wrote: 'Craig always commands the screen in his regulation honorary consul crumpled white suit, hat, glasses and a pistol that he bizarrely carries around openly holstered, a droll phallic symbol for this erotic cowboy who is very much a lover not a fighter. 'While Craig makes this loquacious side of the character highly entertaining, he's also superb at showing Lee's unaccustomed self-exposure, his aching need for human contact increasing his vulnerability as his addiction to Eugene becomes chronic.

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