Tuesday 17 November 2020

Roadkill (2020 Michael Keillor, scr David Hare)

Good cast led by Hugh Laurie: Helen McCrory, Saskia Reeves, Millie Brady (troublesome daughter), Sidse Babett Knudsen, Pippa Bennett-Warner (barrister), Shalom Brune-Franklin (supposed daughter), Emma Cuniffe, Pip Torrens, Tony Pitt, Katie Leung, Ophelia Lovibond, Guy Henry.

Run through with a pianoy (?) score which sounds like it's from The Conversation. The plot seems a little lacklustre, like we don't really care what's happening. A Tory politician becomes the Minister for Justice, has done something dodgy in Washington. Some girl claiming to be his daughter contacts. Meanwhile he has a dysfunctional family, plus a mistress (well, he is a Tory). He ends up PM in a way we know has been left deliberately open.

The last thing Hare did (Collateral) we also found disappointing, The Reader too...

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