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Peterloo
Mike Leigh, 2018
Drama, History
DVR - Film4
From TMDb:
An epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned into one of the bloodiest and most notorious episodes in British history. The massacre saw British government forces charge into a crowd of over 60,000 that had gathered to demand political reforms and protest against rising levels of poverty.
Somewhat disappointing piece that works better as a History piece than it does as a Drama. The period is nicely enough portrayed and it's a well enough acted affair but the narrative drags at times and though it all culminates in an event that really ought to provoke outrage it fails to do so because imo it neither has enough clout in the depiction nor contains characters that one has grown to care enough about.
Last edited by Chypmunk; 12-04-21 at 10:48 AM.
Reason: Film4 not DVD