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2022

PG-13

1h 42m

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7.0/10

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London, 1953. Mr. Williams, a veteran civil servant, is an important cog within the city's bureaucracy as it struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of World War II. Buried under paperwork at the office and lonely at home, his life has long felt empty and meaningless. Then a devastating medical diagnosis forces him to take stock, and to try and grasp some fulfilment before it passes permanently beyond reach.

Directors

Oliver Hermanus

Writers

Akira Kurosawa(original film writer by)

Shinobu Hashimoto(original film writer by)

Hideo Oguni(original film writer by)

Stars

Bill Nighy

Aimee Lou Wood

Alex Sharp

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Williams

Margaret Harris

Peter Wakeling

Sutherland

Middleton

Hart

Rusbridger

Mrs. McMasters

Michael

Fiona

Sir James

Mrs. Smith

Singh

Mrs. Porter

Talbot

Harvey

Jones

Mrs. Button

Directors

Oliver Hermanus

Writers

Akira Kurosawa(original film writer by)

Shinobu Hashimoto(original film writer by)

Hideo Oguni(original film writer by)

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9/10

This is one of the better “quiet” movies, as I call them, that I have watched in a long time. Bill Nighy seems to excel in restrained roles, where he speaks quietly and shows emotion subtly. I am thinking especially of The Girl in the Cafe, where he oddly enough also plays a civil servant. Nighy is wonderful and methodical (in a good way) as a man who is thawing out from a repetitious, paralyzed life after he receives life-altering news. He even impresses when he sings a song in the same quiet, restrained manner. A flashback is applied in an odd way nearer the end of the movie, but it works as an imaginative way to fill in the details of the ending. I fully expect to watch this again.

narrator5620 Apr, 2023