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David Mamet writes and directs this retelling of the 1946 play about a boy falsely accused of theft and his...
David Mamet writes and directs this retelling of the 1946 play about a boy falsely accused of theft and his family's relentless fight to defend him. Stars Jeremy Northam (The Crown), Rebecca Pidgeon (Heist), Nigel Hawthorne (The Madness of King George) and Gemma Jones (Ammonite)
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97 %37 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
78 %3,735 reviewsAudience score rating
"Mamet's characters are interesting precisely because of the reserve and detachment they bring to passion."
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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert"Even audiences... who may be let down by Mr. Mamet's Anglophilia can depart with a feeling of uplift."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"True, The Winslow Boy is a study in unexpressed emotion, but Mamet turns the flame so low that his film lacks the emotional payoff we expect."
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle"Immaculately, subtly played, crafted with witty, tragic and eloquent detail, this is compelling stuff."
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"What Mamet pedantically offers up is a museum piece, or perhaps just a museum, with spray-on dust all over its glass cases."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Inert..."
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post"It's an elegant, engrossing film and surprisingly faithful."
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Time Out
Time Out"Mamet gets great performances out of the entire cast..."
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SBS
SBS"In its meticulous, tidy way, it turns out to be (Mamet's) most elegant sleight of hand yet."
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly"David Mamet's gloomy adaptation... is handsomely appointed and faultlessly acted, but no more alive than a well-dressed corpse."
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TV Guide
TV GuideThe Winslow Boy | Details
- Rating
- G,
- Runtime
- 104
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- UK, USA
