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Tragic

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FILM DETAILS

Certificate 15

Cast Peter O'Toole Leslie Phillips Jodie Whittaker Richard Griffiths Vanessa Redgrave

Directors Roger Michell

Screenwriters Hanif Kureishi

Running Time 95 minutes

Venus (15)

Plot
Two grumpy old luvvies, Maurice and Ian (Peter O'Toole and Leslie Phillips), share their time together between sparse employment, essentially waiting to die. When Ian's grand-neice (Whitakker) arrives to 'help in his doteage', he's mortified to find she's a lippy little chav. Maurice however, is quite taken with her, and so begins a strange pairing.

Verdict
A screen-acting showcase by a man whose best days, many thought, were behind him. There’s life in the old dog yet.


Reviewer: Alan Morrison

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