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Dominican Rep. The Winslow Boy
2,383
Drama
Early 20th century England: while toasting his daughter Catherine's engagement, Arthur Winslow learns the royal naval academy expelled his 14-year-old son, Ronnie, for stealing five shillings. Father asks son if it is true; when the lad denies it, Arthur risks fortune, health, domestic peace, and Catherine's prospects to pursue justice. After defeat in the military court of appeals, Arthur and Catherine go to Sir Robert Morton, a ... [+]
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"A demonstration of a movie maker's finesse in adaptation." | ||
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David Mamet has adapted and directed Terence Rattigan's 1946 play, which was based on a true story, with a fidelity so profound that one doesn't know whether to be amazed or depressed by it." | ||
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"Very English, very period and very polite" | ||
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"Mamet illustrates that he can work as capably from someone else's script as he can from his own, and that his talent as a director is not eclipsed by his ability as a writer." | ||
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"Mamet turns out an immaculately staged, crisply paced, and elegantly acted movie. It's also a tad bloodless, but you can't have everything" | ||
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"Genteel moviemaking with modern overtones, The Winslow Boy is especially good at the visual re-creation of its time" |
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