Even though we don't really like Andie MacDowall's character, this is a model in comedy / drama script-writing from opening pages which read 'Fuck' and 'Fuckity-fuck' for a while, until the choice 'Bugger' comes along. It's Curtis-land, full of recognisable types, but we love it. Carefully written, introducing plots ideas and characters early, sweet and emotional too.
My takeaway performances this time were Charlotte Coleman and Kristin Scott Thomas, who's absolutely marvellous. Also noticed a very fine score by Richard Rodney Bennett mixed rather low.
It had been five years since we watched The Shawshank Redemption, but the moment passed.
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