Walked passed the TV playing this movie and was stopped in my tracks by the wonderful writing and natural acting of Ned Beatty and Avery Shreiber. It's a story about working class people working thru their problems that is brought to life by the acting. There is a small role for Peri Gilpin (she's on Fraiser) that is just tone perfect. When you see a movie like this you wonder why more don't get made. Certainly worth a look if you don't need a car crash every few minutes to hold your interest.
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The Winslow Boy
(1999)
Very English, very Mamet, very good
27 August 2000
In movies I really like, the quality they all possess is believable characters; they make me care about what happens to them. I think this movie clears that hurdle. Mamet's signature direction and dialogue are brought to life by a wonderful ensemble of actors. The plot is an interesting vehicle showing how an English family reacted when something bad happened to them and gives insight into a period when things were changing in English society. Changes that would lead to be tectonic shifts in British life like women's suffrage and a questioning of the government's infallibility.
I gave it an 8
I gave it an 8
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