Inter Alia West End Reviews: Rosamund Pike is “sensational” in Suzie Miller’s new play

"Rosamund Pike remains on sensational form as Suzie Miller’s morally fraught legal drama transfers to the West End"

"Like its companion legal drama Prima Facie, which was a massive hit starring Jodie Comer, Inter Alia is a spectacularly demanding showcase for a female star, and Pike delivers the goods with stadium-level charisma, intelligence and flair."

"It's fun to see Pike in an earthier, more physical theatrical role, very different from the icy Hitchcock blondes she's known for on film."

"Multitasking is the watchword for Justin Martin’s bold, high-energy production, which really relishes the plate-spinning scenario of working motherhood"

"It's familiar material, but Pike's humour and commitment and the confidence of the production elevate it."

"A triumphant, freewheeling turn by Rosamund Pike"

"After it was a hit at the National last year, Pike reprises her role as a judge entangled in toxic masculinity at Wyndham’s Theatre"

"All rise for Rosamund Pike, reprising her stunning performance as Crown Court judge Jess Parks"

"Suzie Miller’s physically challenging, hard-hitting but witty play marked a triumphant return to the London stage for Pike after 15 years away"

"This transfer feels slightly tighter, the ending tweaked and the architecture of a West End playhouse pulling the story and Pike’s bravura central turn into closer focus."

"Onstage throughout, Pike is in constant motion... The role plays to her dramatic skills but also a flair for physical comedy"

"The show is directed with brio, as Prima Facie was, by Justin Martin."

"Glover, who also played Michael at the National, brings great power to the scene where the cocksure father realises his potential culpability in his son’s attitude to women. McAlinden... brings a shambling awkwardness to Harry"

"The two men provide sterling support but it’s Pike’s night - a triumphant, freewheeling turn from an actress at the height of her powers."

"Rosamund Pike’s remarkable performance deserves a gong"

"At Wyndham’s Theatre, an award-worthy turn as a conflicted judge in Suzie Miller’s follow-up to Prima Facie marks the actress’s first West End appearance in 17 years"

"... seeing her [Rosamund Pike] rule over Wyndham’s Theatre with the loose-limbed aplomb she does in this reprise of Inter Alia... you cannot help hoping this isn’t a one-off."

"Will she win an Olivier award on Sunday for the National production? She certainly deserves it. This is acting at its best."

"The director Justin Martin brings streamlined pizzazz to this, as he did to Prima Facie."

"Pike is a whirlwind, playing a whirlwind. Does Jessica ever let go? Not here."

"Sometimes the play is too blatantly pointed about men and women, law and morality. It is witty, though"

"It is Jessica’s story. The men, well played though they are, are stock figures."

"Rosamund Pike's whirlwind turn as a judge in freefall will leave you breathless... if you can get a ticket"

"Rosamund Pike gave a mini tornado of a turn at the premiere of Suzie Miller's legal drama Inter Alia when it ran at the National Theatre last year. No surprise, then, that the play about a High Court judge whose life is in freefall has now sailed into the West End."

"It's a gripping, socio-political railroad. Justin Martin's production steams ahead, powered by Pike's breathless performance, while hipster guitar solos by Glover's Michael and drumming by McAlinden's Harry echo the mood with jangling dissonance."

"Many less affluent (and less perfect) mums will find Jessica's parental fears thoroughly relatable. They are a powerful indictment of the moral malaise we all inhabit."

"It's a roller coaster of a show for which Pike may well win an Olivier Award this coming Sunday."

"Rosamund Pike is supreme in a well-judged performance"

"The transfer of Suzie Miller’s Inter Alia from the National Theatre to the West End gives a larger audience a chance to witness Rosamund Pike’s exhilarating performance"

"... part of the cleverness of Miller’s writing and the intelligence of Pike’s performance is that, beneath that confident pride in her achievements, her sense that she is taking on the male establishment and winning, Jessica is ignoring the complexity of a world that is shifting beneath her feet."

"It is Pike’s play and Pike’s night, and she seizes it with such relish"

"It is slick (perhaps too much so) and entertaining, but also has the courage of its convictions in the questions it raises. It deserves this wider viewing."

"Pike never misses a beat"

"Rosamund Pike excels in Suzie Miller’s overwrought legal drama about a mother torn between professional and personal responsibility"

"... transfers to the West End in a production made slicker by director Justin Martin since its premiere at the National Theatre last year."

"As the star – and virtually solo driver – Pike excels, an animated, rapid storyteller who never misses a beat, even if the text is over-emphatic."

"Miller’s play is a story of parallel lives and possibilities, and similarly, Buether’s set contains dual ideas"

"This is the second of Miller’s morally complex, female-led legal dramas – following Prima Facie, which starred Jodie Comer – and supposedly the middle section of a trilogy. Even if it’s sometimes awkward and overwrought, it’ll be interesting to see what comes next."