Peterloo (2018)
Country: GB
Technical: col. 154m
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Karl Johnson
Synopsis:
Returning home to Manchester’s mills from the field at Waterloo, bugle boy Joseph finds unemployment, corn shortages and dropping wages. As the reform movement grows in ferocity, it sends ripples of disquiet through the municipal authorities and gains the attention of Westminster conservatives and radicals.
Review:
While Leigh’s Zolaësque fresco may convince in its level of detail and commitment to cause, it is nevertheless a hard slog for fans of the director. Gone is the humour borne of character observation - the tone here more akin to Bill Douglas than Ken Loach; we are left with two-dimensional ciphers spouting verbose diatribes in un-plain English. Visually speaking, Dick Pope achieves some painterly interiors with light and colour but the production most often resembles a BBC drama-documentary: theatrical and four-square.
Country: GB
Technical: col. 154m
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Karl Johnson
Synopsis:
Returning home to Manchester’s mills from the field at Waterloo, bugle boy Joseph finds unemployment, corn shortages and dropping wages. As the reform movement grows in ferocity, it sends ripples of disquiet through the municipal authorities and gains the attention of Westminster conservatives and radicals.
Review:
While Leigh’s Zolaësque fresco may convince in its level of detail and commitment to cause, it is nevertheless a hard slog for fans of the director. Gone is the humour borne of character observation - the tone here more akin to Bill Douglas than Ken Loach; we are left with two-dimensional ciphers spouting verbose diatribes in un-plain English. Visually speaking, Dick Pope achieves some painterly interiors with light and colour but the production most often resembles a BBC drama-documentary: theatrical and four-square.
Country: GB
Technical: col. 154m
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Karl Johnson
Synopsis:
Returning home to Manchester’s mills from the field at Waterloo, bugle boy Joseph finds unemployment, corn shortages and dropping wages. As the reform movement grows in ferocity, it sends ripples of disquiet through the municipal authorities and gains the attention of Westminster conservatives and radicals.
Review:
While Leigh’s Zolaësque fresco may convince in its level of detail and commitment to cause, it is nevertheless a hard slog for fans of the director. Gone is the humour borne of character observation - the tone here more akin to Bill Douglas than Ken Loach; we are left with two-dimensional ciphers spouting verbose diatribes in un-plain English. Visually speaking, Dick Pope achieves some painterly interiors with light and colour but the production most often resembles a BBC drama-documentary: theatrical and four-square.