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That Good Night

2017

John Hurt, Charles Dance, Erin Richards, Max Brown ...

Drama Ralph, a once-famous screenwriter, is in his seventies and terminally ill. He has two final missions: to be reconciled to his son, Michael, and, secretly, to ensure he is not a burden to his wife, Anna, as he goes "into that good night".

	Media	Author	Review
		Wendy Ide Screendaily	"So effortlessly good is Hurt, however, that he rather outclasses the rest of this somewhat workmanlike picture."
		Neil Young The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] builds steadily toward an irresistibly moving finale (...) 'That Good Night' is by no means 'crap', but (...) it passes muster strictly as a showcase for Hurt and Dance."
		Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"John Hurt transcends the material in his final film (...) The film is shot in the incongruously glossy style of a commercial for upmarket holidays in the Algarve (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Andrew Lowry Empire	"Hurt is terrific, of course, and astonishingly lacking in vanity (...) Hurt’s sterling work is let down by other departments (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ian Freer Time Out	"If the film itself doesn’t match up to Hurt’s towering talents, it is still an enjoyable portrait of the final days of a world-class misanthrope (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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