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Mr Harvey Lights a Candle (2005) (TV)
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26 March 2005 (UK) moreGenre:
DramaPlot:
A teacher comes to terms with his past during a school trip to Salisbury Cathedral. | add synopsisUser Comments:
Perhaps a bit too grim moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Daniel Bliss | ... | Phil Rogers |
 | Timothy Spall | ... | Malcolm Harvey |
 | Nathalie Press | ... | Helen Taylor (as Natalie Press) |
| Ben Miles | ... | Jonathan Cole |
| David Bradley | ... | Archie |
| Jade Ewen | ... | Donna |
| Celia Imrie | ... | Miss Davies |
| Mario Powell | ... | Eliot |
| Tendayi Jembere | ... | Sid Williams |
| George Thompson | ... | George |
 | Steven Webb | ... | Dave Miller |
| Joshua Malin | ... | Mo |
| Troy Glasgow | ... | Maurice |
| Shereil Willis | ... | Martha |
| Kay Lyon | ... | Sandra |
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I wanted to like this more than I did. Timothy Spall is one of my favorite actors.
The story is pretty straight forward as it was in the tagline.
I kept waiting for Mr. Harvey to unburden himself.
Not completely surprised by the way that it played out but and once again I enjoyed Mr. Spall's work.
I think for me the students were too precocious and played out poorly as well as the development of conflict, which bottomed out early on. I would like very much to find the final script because I felt like it was put together with a weak middle.
Whether I am right or not remains to be seen but it became a bit too melodramatic for me and I cannot in good faith recommend it.
I've certainly watched much worse as of late but this had potential to be much better than it was.