Divorced stand-up comedian Max Bernal struggles to raise his autistic son, Ezra. Forced to confront difficult decisions about the boy's future, Max and Ezra embark on a cross-country road trip that has a transcendent impact on both of their lives. Starring Bobby Cannavale, William Fitzgerald, Rose Byrne, Robert DeNiro, Vera Farming, Rainn Wilson, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn
100 min
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Awards
Boulder International Film Festival: won Best Feature Film
Sun Valley Film Festival: won Audience Award, Best Actor (Bobby Cannavale)
Reviews
Cannavale channels the emotional complexities and vulnerabilities of his character with compassionate clarity. Randy Meyers/San Jose Mercury News
What could have been a maudlin tale is instead a moving family drama thanks to the skill of a great cast. Liz Braun/Original Cin
Cannavale puts it all on the line as Ezra’s dad, one of his best performances, his timing right on target as a stand-up comic, his anxiety screaming from his pores. Laura Clifford/Reeling Reviews
Contrary to what one might think, its premise is not limited to families with children on the autism spectrum: it is a profoundly human story that explores issues that concern us all. Luis Bond/Diarios Las Americas
Warm, wise and wonderful. It's a captivating, funny and heartfelt journey well worth taking. Bobby Cannavale gives one the best performances of his career. William Fitzgerald is a revelation. Avi Offer/NYC Movie Guru
Goldwyn's film never feels disingenuous as there is a clear amount of love and affection that was put into telling this story the right way. Nate Richard/Collider
A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a farcical and occasionally sinister scandal in this riotous mystery comedy. Based on a stranger than fiction true story, WICKED LITTLE LETTERS follows two neighbours: deeply conservative local Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) and rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley). When Edith and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town’s women - led by Police Officer Gladys Moss (Anjana Vasan) - begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect that something is amiss, and Rose may not be the culprit after all.
100 min
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Reviews
It’s saved, first by strong performances from Buckley, always effortlessly believable, and Colman, expert at laying bare the clammy soul of easily dismissible women. And second, by the letters themselves...Johanna Schneider/Glibe & Mail
So much fun, ridiculous, and at the end of the day it's a women's empowerment movie in an odd sort of way. Jim Cogwheel/NPR
The matchup of Jessie Buckley and Olivia Colman produce hilarious, go-for-broke acting fireworks in Thea Sharrock’s irresistible charmer set in a 1920s English village. Randy Myers/San Jose mercury News
“Wicked Little Letters” is for people who like British comedy, but also for people who think British comedies are too refined for their taste. This one isn’t. Mick LaSalle/San Francisco Chronicle
Mean tweets 1920 style: The incomparable Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley turn a flimsy script about poison pen letters that turn friends against each other into irresistible fun. Any resemblance to today’s internet trolling is purely intentional. Peter Travers/ABC News
The movie is full of goofy side characters and one-liners, yet elevated occasionally to genuine complexity by Colman and Buckley, who are consistently the best thing about any movie they’re in. Alissa Wilkinson/New York Times
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