'A comedy, caperish story' is how writer Jonny Sweet himself describes it, but in fact there's a nasty edge in Timothy Spall's abusive father. Based on real events that occurred in 1920, though whether the investigating copper was Asian and the Judge black, I'm a little doubtful. What's really mad is that the evidence of the handwriting wasn't enough to throw the case out.
Expert performances from Olivia Colman, Tim Spall, Jessie Buckley, Gemma Jones and Anjana Vasan (Killing Eve) as the persistent police officer. With good support from Hugh Skinner, Malachi Kirby, Alisha Weir (daughter), Lolly Adefope, Eileen Atkins, Joanna Scanlan, Tim McMullan, Jason Watkins.
Photographed by Ben Davis, edited by Melanie Ann Oliver, production designer Cristina Casali, it was better than I thought it was going to be.
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