The critic [DVD] / producer, David Gilbery; producer, Bill Kenwright; producer, Jolyon Symonds.

Tucker, Anand, director
Armstrong, Craig, 1959-, music
McKellen, Ian, actor
Arterton, Gemma, actor
Manville, Lesley, actor
Quinn, Anthony, book author

Lionsgate UK, 2024.

1 DVD (101 min.) : col.

Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Languages (English), Subtitles (English for the hearing impaired).
Made in 2023.
Credits: director, Anand Tucker.
DVDN.
Based on the novel 'Curtain Call' by Anthony Quinn.
Credits: director, Anand Tucker; writer, Patrick Marber; music, Craig Armstrong; cinematographer, David Higgs.

Cast: Ian McKellen, Gemma Arterton, Lesley Manville, Mark Strong, Ben Barnes, Romola Garai, Alfred Enoch, Matthew Cottle, Nikesh Patel, Jacob James Beswick.

BBFC code: 15.

DVD.

Ian McKellen leads an all-star cast in this British thriller following the plight of a London film critic. In 1930s London, Daily Chronicle film critic Jimmy Erskine (McKellen) is arrested, along with his lover Tom Turner (Alfred Enoch), for homosexuality. Because of his crimes, he is dismissed from his position by his boss Viscount David Brooke (Mark Strong). Eager for revenge, Erskine recruits actress Nina Land (Gemma Arterton) to seduce Brooke with a view to blackmailing him to get his job back. The cast also also includes Lesley Manville, Ben Barnes and Nikesh Patel.

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