My Policeman
In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.
- Released:
- Runtime: 120 minutes
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Stars: Emma Corrin, Harry Styles, David Dawson, Linus Roache, Gina McKee, Rupert Everett, Dora Davis, Kadiff Kirwan, Andrew Tiernan, Jack Bandeira, Tristan Sturrock, Richard Dempsey, Maddie Rice, Róisín Monaghan, Pierre Bergman, Paul Candelent, Sarah Lockett, Ian Drysdale, Joseph Potter, Harry Attwell, James Hare, James Hare-Cole, Richard Cant
- Director: Michael Grandage
Comments
- tgcme - 2 January 2023
Harry and Patrick shine. everyone else dulls
The reason to watch this movie is Harry Styles. He's by far the one giving the most energy, followed closely by Patrick.
The others just don't seem to care they're even in this movie.
I found young Marion frightfully dull. Casting older actors baffles me because I think they could have made it work with the younger cast aged up.
I thought the older versions were flat, one-note, and there was absolutely no chemistry between any of them, especially Tom and Patrick. It made no sense. And I just thought it fell really flat and the sentiment rang hollow at the end. Too little too late.
Where have they been all these intervening years? It just felt like the missing time needed to be addressed. Needed some sort of connector between past and present. There needed to be scenes between the timelines to really connect them. So while I love Harry and Patrick, the plot they got stuck in couldn't live up to them.
