I told them everything
A slowly moving film that gradually leaves you more and more wound up and frustrated by the limbo of the lead, powerless and trapped in an increasingly suffocating system. Letitia Wright gives a quietly powerful performance, in a role where she has to communicate as much in silence as when speaking, and Josh O Connor is also on point, their relationship so sensitive. I confess subtitles were required at a few points somewhere between the thick Dublin accent and Nigerian slang but totally worth sticking with. I'm surprised I had not heard about this film sooner - a good find on iplayer.
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*Mr Smith going for the hat*
Really nice comedy, chuckling all the way through. Particularly liked the animal involvement - all the advances in special effects just can't beat the simple impressiveness of a well trained dog actor 😂 But what was the awful truth?
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