Oct. 16: Wicked Little Letters

Wednesday, Oct 16, 2024
7 pm @ Galaxy Cinemas, Sault Ste. Marie, ON

Director: Thea Sharrock
UK 2024
English; 102 min.
Rated: 14A for language throughout and sexual material.

A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a farcical and occasionally sinister scandal in this riotous mystery comedy. Based on a stranger than fiction true story, the story follows two neighbours: deeply conservative local Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) and rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley). When Edith and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town’s women begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect that something is amiss, and Rose may not be the culprit after all.

Colman and Buckley know how to make this material sing, and there are moments when both actors managed to make me squeeze out an authentic tear or two, only to have me enthusiastically giggling a scene or two later.
Sara Michelle Fetters, MovieFreak.com

The range of insults sprinkled in with a healthy dose of f-bombs is truly awe-inspiring. The letters are spicy for the villagers, but for a modern-day audience, they’re just delightfully silly.  Kaely Monahan
Arizona Republic