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Movie Info
Poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friend's country manor to investigate a series of unexplained miracles.
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Genre: Comedy
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Original Language: English (United Kingdom)
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Director: John Jencks
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Producer: Alexa Seligman, Jay Taylor
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Writer: Tom Hodgson, Blanche McIntyre
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Release Date (Theaters): limited
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Lightyear
Cast & Crew

Matthew Modine
Michael Logan

Russell Tovey
Rupert Keynes

Emily Berrington
Jane Swann

Geraldine Somerville
Rebecca Logan

Fiona Shaw
Anne Logan

Roger Allam
Ted Wallace

Tim McInnerny
Oliver Mills

Adrian Bouchet
Marcus Andronicus

Lyne Renee
Valerie

Scott Chambers
Roman Wallace

Tommy Knight
David

Richard Glover
Nigel Ogden

John Jencks
Director

Tom Hodgson
Screenwriter

Blanche McIntyre
Screenwriter

Alexa Seligman
Producer

Jay Taylor
Producer

Samuel Karl Bohn
Original Music

Angus Hudson
Cinematographer

Robin Hill
Film Editing

John Richards
Film Editing

Daniel Hubbard
Casting

Gemma Sykes
Casting

Stéphane Collonge
Production Design

Alannah Byrne
Art Director

Irene Moreno Feliu
Art Director

Caroline Steiner
Set Decoration

Annie Hardinge
Costume Design
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Sep 02, 2017
Different, intelligent, and refreshing, but very weird. The credits are pink, suggesting a light-hearted chick-flick film, but it didn't quite match the tone of this movie. Ted, an old fart of a man, is a washed-up cynical poet and a drunk who surprisingly has a superior attitude. He's a total British snob who was once a famous poet, but hasn't written a poem in years. When the movie begins, Ted works as a theatre critic, but is rude and mouths off to his boss. Thus, his boss fires him. A pretty young woman (daughter of a woman who Ted had a past relationship with) pays him handsomely to find a cure for her leukemia at a relative's lush estate where his godson resides. Ted's godson, David, (an odd but sweet 16-year-old boy), is thought to be able to cure people with his hands, an idea that Ted scorns. The movie shows the relationship between Ted, his godson, and the people who reside in the mansion, some of who lost favor with Ted years ago, with good reason. Ted is despicable. I was curious about the boy, the godson, and this kept me watching. The boy adored Ted even though Ted discarded and neglected his grandson. I also liked the older dark-haired woman who actually liked Ted, the lady who had asthma. I thought she was the best actor/actress in the film. Sometimes funny, often quirky and off-beat, this unusual film kept my interest, despite my Ted being an unlikable and grotesque character.
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