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Writers:
William Boyd (novel)
William Boyd (screenplay)
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Release Date:
3 August 2002 (USA) more
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Better than any recent theatrical film more (13 total)

Cast

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James Frain ... Lorimer Black

Catherine McCormack ... Flavia

Stephen Rea ... Hogg

Hugh Bonneville ... Torquil Helvoir Jayne
James Fox ... Sir Simon Sherrifmuir
Neil Pearson ... Rintoul
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gillian Barge ... Mother
Andy Beckwith ... Trev
John Bennett ... Father
Suzanne Burden
Billie Cook ... Mercy
Ron Cook ... Phil
Joe Gunn ... Sholto
Jonathan Hackett ... Home
Caroline Harker ... Binnie

Tom Hiddleston ... Toby Sherrifmuir
Louis Hilyer ... Rappaport
Jane How

Aaron Johnson ... Young Lorimer Black
Paterson Joseph ... Alan
Branka Katic ... Irina

Ian McNeice ... Ivan
Stephen Moore ... Gale
Conor Mullen ... Bram
Trevor Peacock ... Marlobe

Georgina Rylance ... Amabel
Bridget Turner ... Grandmother
Stewart Wright ... Marius Van Meer
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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
Better than any recent theatrical film, 9 August 2002
10/10
Author: Peter Simpson (peter@ptfilmfest.com) from Port Townsend, Washington USA

Character-driven with a carefully-constructed plot, Howard Davies'

tautly-directed "Armadillo" is top quality television, more satisfying

than any theatrical movie in recent months, including "Road to

Perdition." William Boyd's script, about an insurance adjuster who

is not what he seems while he tries to puzzle out a claim that is

something other than what it purports to be, draws in the viewer

from the moment the film opens with James Frain walking

through the charred structure he's investigating. Frain is perfect for

the role--vulnerable, expressive, sympathetic. His developing

romance with Catherine McCormick is fully realized. Hugh

Bonneville somehow empathetically portrays one of the most vile

characters in memory, and Stephen Rea amuses with his over-the-top characterization of the insurance adjuster's enigmatic

and bombastic boss. Beautifully photographed, the camera

follows the adjuster as he pries into the mysteries of the claim

he's investigating and captures the tension between the two

lovers. At three hours it's a bit long, but I watched it twice. And I'll

probably take another look.

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