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Jun 16, 2023 · A blackly comic melodrama in which writerly ego, ambition and insecurity do increasingly destructive battle, “The Lesson” gets around that trap by folding questions of authorship into its arch...
- Guy Lodge
Jul 7, 2023 · How do you measure great writing, and what are you willing to do to make a successful comeback? The Lesson ponders these questions rather thoughtfully, filling the story with a sense of desperation and dread, resentment, and underlying anger. If the movie was a novel, it would certainly be considered a page-turner.
- Senior Critic
Jul 7, 2023 · The Lesson. 102 minutes ‧ R ‧ 2023. Glenn Kenny. July 7, 2023. 4 min read. Early on in this dreary would-be psychological thriller, the literary mandarin J.M. Sinclair, played by Richard Grant, shares with an interviewer his observations on the writing life. “Now, average writers attempt originality.
Sep 21, 2023 · What is it with Daryl McCormack and older women? The Irish actor made his name as the titular toy boy of Emma Thompson ’s widow in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande and now he’s making eyes at an...
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Jul 4, 2023 · The Lesson, starring Richard E. Grant, Daryl McCormack, and Julie Delpy, is a thriller at its best when it embraces subtlety. Read on for our review.
- Movie Reviews Editor
- Chase Hutchinson
Sep 21, 2023 · A pause; a smile. So begins impish British chamber drama The Lesson. The new sensation’s name is Liam (Daryl McCormack), and his muse proves a great Englishman of letters: JM Sinclair, a grand...
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English. Drama, Thriller. 2023. ALICE TROUGHTON, FEMALE DIRECTOR. Crispin Letts, Daryl McCormack, Julie Delpy. 103 min. 7.3. Farah Cheded. TLDR. For ten marks, explain the significance of the shots of the robotic lawnmower (no seriously, because they’re mind-boggling). What it's about. The take.
