What I liked most about this movie was the synergy between actors. Sibling rivalry amongst the Swift family has been a driving force that has placed a wedge between the sisters and brother ever since they were children. Jealousies so strong that it engulfs their spirits well into their golden years. The movie begins with all the siblings living together in the home they were raised in somewhere in England. Each in their 60's, the movie flashes back to a sibling's childhood experience when a point of reference needs to be made to support a jealous or angry thought one sibling might be feeling toward another in real time. Just a really funny host of sibling competitiveness that at times explodes into a pretty severe tounge lashing amongst sisters and brother. However all done with true English dignity and reserve. Petty jealousies and rivalry is the order of the day for this movie. But did I mention family secrets involving....s_x. That's where the movie starts to get really good. When a much disliked, nosey, gossiping cousin comes to visit with the sole intention of stirring up ONE of the families most guarded s_x_al secrets. Yes, a cast of senior actors. Resulting in the acting at it's best.
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A fabulous drama from The BBC.
Sleepin_Dragon31 December 2023
The Swift siblings, Jasper, April, May and June, are forced to live with one another in a great big, rambling, but run down house. It isn't a harmonious arrangement, and it worsens when their distant cousin, Leda, comes to visit.
They don't make them like this any more, not just the film, but the cast also, what a magnificent lineup.
It's a wonderful production, a truly terrific film, every single thing about it is what you'd hope for, the storyline, the humour, and as for the acting, it is truly on point.
You've got Brenda Bruce, Ursula Howells and Helen Cherry, it's definitely Due John Gielgud who steals the show as Jasper, absolutely brilliant, so funny.
Googie Withers is tremendous as Leda, you think she's a sweet, harmless old lady, but underneath it all, hides a sinister secret.
10/10.
They don't make them like this any more, not just the film, but the cast also, what a magnificent lineup.
It's a wonderful production, a truly terrific film, every single thing about it is what you'd hope for, the storyline, the humour, and as for the acting, it is truly on point.
You've got Brenda Bruce, Ursula Howells and Helen Cherry, it's definitely Due John Gielgud who steals the show as Jasper, absolutely brilliant, so funny.
Googie Withers is tremendous as Leda, you think she's a sweet, harmless old lady, but underneath it all, hides a sinister secret.
10/10.
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