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Wicked Little Letters (8/10) by Tony Medley 100 minutes R It’s hard to believe when you watch this, but it actually occurred in a little English village called Littlehampton, and it did cause a national sensation. It’s the story of two neighbors, Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) and Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley). Edith and others start receiving profane offensive (indeed, wicked) letters and Rose gets blamed for them. Rose is a newcomer to the village and lives with her daughter Nancy (Alisha Weir) and boyfriend Bill (Malachi Kirby) next door to Edith. Rose is raucous with a truly nasty mouth. Edith, on the other hand, is prudish, the daughter of a tyrannical puritanical father, Edward (Timothy Spall) with whom she lives. The only person who comes to Rose’s defense is Gladys Moss (Anjana Vasan), who is, herself, going through terrible discrimination, being the first female police officer in history in Sussex. Brilliantly written (Jonny Sweet) and directed (Thea Sharrock), Rose’s defiant attitude provides much of the comedic parts of the movie. I am a big admirer of all three stars, Colman, Buckley, and Spall, and all give sparkling performances. This is clearly a feminist movie because all the male characters are presented in a negative light. The police are all male, biased and sexist, and the protagonists are all female. In fact, with the possible exception of Bill, there is not one male character who is not a heavy. I downgrade this somewhat due to the offensive Woke presentism used in the casting of one character. This occurred in the 1920s but one of the judges in the trial is black. In fact, there was never a black circuit judge in England until Barbara Menshah was appointed in 2005, more than 80 years after these events take place. Historical movies should reflect things as they were in the time when the events take place. It’s fine to have diversity in casting, but it’s not fine when the casting ignores the actualities of the time and place of the film. Such castings are jarring. I suppose if Hollywood were to remake Patton, we might expect the General to be played by Jennifer Lawrence or maybe Kimura Takuya or Jamie Foxx. The people who make these foolish political decisions are agitpropping, and these choices degrade what is otherwise an exceptional film.
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