Wicked Little Letters
Film details
| Film Title | Wicked Little Letters |
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| Length | 100mins |
| Year | 2024 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Director | Thea Sharrock |
| Actors | Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Timothy Spall, Anjana Vasan, Malachi Kirby, Joanna Scanlan, Gemma Jones, Lolly Adefope, Eileen Atkins, Alisha Weir, Hugh Skinner, Grant Crookes, Adam Treasure |
| Language | English |
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A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a dark and absurd scandal in this riotous mystery comedy. Based on a stranger than fiction true story, the film follows two neighbours: deeply conservative local Edith Swan and rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding. When Edith and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town’s women – led by Police Officer Gladys Moss – begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect that something is amiss, and Rose may not be the culprit after all.
In Sharrock’s hands, “Wicked Little Letters” is an entertaining account of what feels like a primitive form of today’s online flame wars, where people take sides as commenters openly disparage one another.
★★★
The Oscar winner and Oscar nominee, respectively, play warring neighbors in a tiny English village in the 1920s, and there is a glorious gusto to their very funny performances.
★★★★
