This is a film I've wanted to see since I saw the trailer. It looked like a really nice love story and I'm a sucker for a love story. However what I saw really surprised me. In a good way. I'm gonna try not reveal spoilers as this films has a lot of twists.
This was such a charming and interesting film. I was never bored or disinterested. Ian Mckellan playing a career con man who begins to really fall for his next potential victim played by Helen Mirren. These two leads had such fantastic onscreen chemistry. When they first meet, it feels like they've known each other for much longer. Even though you know McKellans character has ulterior motives, there are some very sweet scenes between these two.
There are plenty of twists and turns in this film that at times you can predict and others you won't see coming. There's plenty of foreshadowing to help these twists not feel random or sudden. Besides the fantastic scripting and another standout performance by Russell Tovey, what impressed me even more was that the trailer actually hid certain plot elements. I avoid trailers coz they can spoil too much at times so that was a very pleasant surprise.
Now there are a couple of negatives; first at times McKellans character can feel a bit like a soap villain and what I mean by that is even though you know he's done a lot of evil things, most of the time in this film, he's just doing what he can to stop his secrets being exposed. And finally the final twist at the end at times becomes quite convoluted and you may need to rewatch it just to make sense of it.
Overall this is a well written, beautifully acted film with a lot of twists. Apologies for not revealing more but I do not want to spoil this film.
⭐⭐⭐⭐
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