12 Films at Christmas - 12

And so the season of goodwill draws to an end. Our last film is a pleasingly light delight. Quartet is Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut and he carries it off with quiet aplomb. All he has to do is point the camera at the top level acting competition being staged between Billy Connolly, Tom Courtenay, Maggie Smith, Pauline Collins and Michael Gambon - for the record there is no winner but a magnificent scoring draw. 7.5/10.

Oh and Happy New Year - should have said that sooner.