Wicked Little Letters (2024)

Directed by Thea Sharrock · Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Anjana Vasan, Timothy Spall, Gemma Jones, Malachi Kirby, Alisha Weir, Joanna Scanlan, Eileen Atkins, Lolly Adefope, Hugh Skinner, Paul Chahidi, Krishni Patel, Grant Crookes, Adam Treasure, Jonny Sweet, Tim Key, Jason Watkins, Richard Goulding, Cyril Nri, Tim McMullan

IHBM8Very good

When deeply conservative English local Edith Swan and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, her rowdy, foul-mouthed, Irish migrant neighbor Rose Gooding is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the towns womenled by Police Officer Gladys Mossbegin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect something is amiss and Rose may not be the culprit after all.

My review · Reviewed 05/18/2024

When you look at the cast and you see the names Colman, Buckley and Spall, you know you are in for a treat. I can't recall the last time that I saw a movie that was quite like this. While the movie is listed as a drama, it functions well as a black comedy. While on the surface the two leads are frenemies, there is still an undercurrent of some kind of bond. I suspect much of their connection was rooted in the way that women were treated in the not-so-distant past.

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