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Archipelago
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Taking a family holiday on a British island, siblings Edward (Hiddleston) and Cynthia (Leonard) and their mother Patricia (Fahy) gather in a rented house, along with a hired cook, Rose (Lloyd). Edward is about to head to Africa for volunteer work, but the rest of the family aren’t so sure it’s a wise move. And Cynthia is none too impressed by Edward’s attempts to include Rose in their conversations…
THE VERDICT: Seeming to update Isabel Colegate’s novel The Shooting Party with a Richard Curtis cast, writer/director Joanna Hogg uses the spaces between here – the glances, the silences – beautifully. On the surface, it’s a jolly pleasant holiday for a moderately wealthy family, but there are unspoken tensions, longings and frustrations at every gathering. It makes for a slow film, but one where high drama is always just beneath the surface
Review by Paul Byrne
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