The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
Country: GB
Technical: col/1.33:1 111m
Director: Will Sharpe
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones
Synopsis:
An unworldly but supranaturally gifted illustrator marries his sisters' governess and becomes enchanted by the nature of cats. His theories about the electricity between bodies never quite take hold, but his feline illustrations become popular the world over.
Review:
The Britflick answer to Wes Anderson, this whimsical biopic throws anachronisms at the four winds in the modern manner, and offers its star a lunatic turn which he embraces with theatrical élan. The chocolate boxy colours are all part of the subject's unique world view, but the final third of the movie, as madness takes hold, embraces us too fervently in the realm of fantasy.
Country: GB
Technical: col/1.33:1 111m
Director: Will Sharpe
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones
Synopsis:
An unworldly but supranaturally gifted illustrator marries his sisters' governess and becomes enchanted by the nature of cats. His theories about the electricity between bodies never quite take hold, but his feline illustrations become popular the world over.
Review:
The Britflick answer to Wes Anderson, this whimsical biopic throws anachronisms at the four winds in the modern manner, and offers its star a lunatic turn which he embraces with theatrical élan. The chocolate boxy colours are all part of the subject's unique world view, but the final third of the movie, as madness takes hold, embraces us too fervently in the realm of fantasy.
Country: GB
Technical: col/1.33:1 111m
Director: Will Sharpe
Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Claire Foy, Andrea Riseborough, Toby Jones
Synopsis:
An unworldly but supranaturally gifted illustrator marries his sisters' governess and becomes enchanted by the nature of cats. His theories about the electricity between bodies never quite take hold, but his feline illustrations become popular the world over.
Review:
The Britflick answer to Wes Anderson, this whimsical biopic throws anachronisms at the four winds in the modern manner, and offers its star a lunatic turn which he embraces with theatrical élan. The chocolate boxy colours are all part of the subject's unique world view, but the final third of the movie, as madness takes hold, embraces us too fervently in the realm of fantasy.