Lawless Heart
Neil Hunter & Tom Hunsinger
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Plot Summary
This second feature from Boyfriends' directors Neil Hunter and Tom Hunsinger explores intertwined relationships in a sleepy seaside resort in the U.K., broken up into three segments. The film centers around the funeral of Stuart (David Coffey), the gay partner of Nick (Tom Hollander), who owns a local restaurant. Stuart's brother-in-law Dan (Bill Nighy) is a depressive farmer who lives with his wife Judy (Ellie Haddington) and becomes smitten with a French woman named Corinne (Clementine Celarie), a local florist. As Dan and Judy attempt to settle Stuart's estate, Dan gives into having an affair with Corinne — but then ends up cheating on her with an amorous stranger (Sally Hurst). Meanwhile, Nick offers Stuart's straight best friend Tim (Douglas Henshall) a place to stay. Nick is furthermore disrupted by the advances of Charlie (Sukie Smith), a free-spirited woman who takes a liking to Nick and introduces him to hetero intercourse. The final section of the film centers on Tim who, after being abroad for several years, has a dalliance with shop owner Leah (Josephine Butler), who happens to be the former girlfriend of his adopted brother David (Stuart Laing). Also featured in the film are Dominic Hall, June Barrie, and Peter Symonds.
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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
86%- Reviews Counted: 51
- Fresh: 44
- Rotten: 7
- Average Rating: 7.2/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Lawless Heart is so well crafted, so original, that each overlapping scene swells with new life and interpretation.
Fresh: As it stands, Tim's story rescues the movie, but barely.
Fresh: It's an intriguing experience.
Fresh: The characters are full-bodied and authentic, capable of surprising themselves, and their dialogue is written with a good ear for how smart people try to be truthful and secretive at the same time.
Customer Reviews
Worth watching
If you are a fan of Bill Nightly, Tom Hollander or Douglas Henshall, this film is worth seeing. Nightly is spectacularly morose as middle-aged Dan, stuggling through the motions of his life and desperately looking for something which will give his life meaning. Hollander has the most overtly emotional role as the "widower" trying to keep his footing on the shifting sand his life has become when his partner dies. Henshall does a nice, understated turn as Tim, a wanderer looking for some sort of permanent relationship in his life, but never able to commit enough to truly fight for it. The story is muddled a little by the three-part structure of the film, and the interweaving of the story lines feels a bit contrived, but the performances really do sparkle.
So dumb
This is so stupid and boring do NOT buy it ever. Trust me on this one people who read this
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