Misbehaviour (2020)
Country: GB/FR
Technical: col/2.39:1 106m
Director: Philippa Lowthorpe
Cast: Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Phyllis Logan, Jessie Buckley, Greg Kinnear, Rhys Ifans, Lesley Manville, Keeley Hawes
Synopsis:
A mature student joins the ranks of the nascent women's libbers to stage a disruptive protest at the 1970 Miss World event.
Review:
Not the expected facile Britcom, but a serious attempt to do justice to the various shades of opinion existing at the time concerning the idea (and reality) of a beauty pageant. Scenes like the mass about-face of the contestants so that the judges can assess their bottoms make their point well, not that one remembers it being quite like that, and Keira's makeover for the big night takes some swallowing. Most, if not all, of the male characters are cyphers, and the script rightly concentrates, Mrs. America-style, on where the various female figures stand on the issues. At the close they share on-camera selfies with their present-day selves, making a welcome change from the now clichéd use of photographs.
Country: GB/FR
Technical: col/2.39:1 106m
Director: Philippa Lowthorpe
Cast: Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Phyllis Logan, Jessie Buckley, Greg Kinnear, Rhys Ifans, Lesley Manville, Keeley Hawes
Synopsis:
A mature student joins the ranks of the nascent women's libbers to stage a disruptive protest at the 1970 Miss World event.
Review:
Not the expected facile Britcom, but a serious attempt to do justice to the various shades of opinion existing at the time concerning the idea (and reality) of a beauty pageant. Scenes like the mass about-face of the contestants so that the judges can assess their bottoms make their point well, not that one remembers it being quite like that, and Keira's makeover for the big night takes some swallowing. Most, if not all, of the male characters are cyphers, and the script rightly concentrates, Mrs. America-style, on where the various female figures stand on the issues. At the close they share on-camera selfies with their present-day selves, making a welcome change from the now clichéd use of photographs.
Country: GB/FR
Technical: col/2.39:1 106m
Director: Philippa Lowthorpe
Cast: Keira Knightley, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Phyllis Logan, Jessie Buckley, Greg Kinnear, Rhys Ifans, Lesley Manville, Keeley Hawes
Synopsis:
A mature student joins the ranks of the nascent women's libbers to stage a disruptive protest at the 1970 Miss World event.
Review:
Not the expected facile Britcom, but a serious attempt to do justice to the various shades of opinion existing at the time concerning the idea (and reality) of a beauty pageant. Scenes like the mass about-face of the contestants so that the judges can assess their bottoms make their point well, not that one remembers it being quite like that, and Keira's makeover for the big night takes some swallowing. Most, if not all, of the male characters are cyphers, and the script rightly concentrates, Mrs. America-style, on where the various female figures stand on the issues. At the close they share on-camera selfies with their present-day selves, making a welcome change from the now clichéd use of photographs.