Wicked Little Letters
Synopsis: When the residents of Littlehampton, UK start receiving letters full of hilarious profanities, Edith (Coleman) & her neighbours point the finger at rowdy Irish migrant Rose (Buckley) who has just moved to town. However, suspecting that something is amiss, the town's women investigate.
Stars: Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley & Timothy Spall
Runtime: 1 hour 42 mins
Genre: Historical Comedy Drama Mystery
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Remarkably based on a true story, Wicked Little Letters is a very British movie, a prim and proper exterior with a profane underbelly. The contents of the titular letters are indeed profane and at the start of the movie (When read out loud) got big laughs, but as the movie wore on it was clear the contents of these letters that kept appearing were more for titivation than genuine laughs.
My two main gripes about this movie is one, unfortunately the pacing of the movie is quiet slow, and once the "shock value" of the letters wear of it morphs into a rather pedestrian comedy who dunnit? It's not until the last act do things really start to pick up, making the movie more engrossing. Secondly the reveal of the real culprit I felt came way too early and whilst I know it is central to the investigation, could have come a little later or be revealed in a slightly more clever way.
The acting from the likes of veterans Spall (Coleman's nasty father), Coleman herself as well as Jessie Buckley (Who was allowed to use her native Irish accent for maximum sweary comic effect) are as you would expect flawless, their talent often elevating at times weaker material. Anjana Vasan was also excellent as police officer Gladys Moss who spearheaded the investigation to find who really wrote the letters.
I enjoyed the movie but with some tweaks, this could have been a corker.
Verdict: Good...but not Great
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