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I don't know why people gave this movie bad reviews. Yes it's probably not historically correct, it's based on true events but anything for the most part that's re-created from true events or dramatized. Even If this was pure fiction, it would Stand alone as a fantastic movie! I absolutely love Jesse Buckley and I think the script was hilarious. It was a tough time in the 20s for women and that they definitely got accurate in the story. The characters are all really complex in their own way, and the acting was superb. Currently playing on Netflix but if you miss it there, it's a pretty cheap rental, but worth every minute!

I imagine this film was a lot of fun to write, the letters in particular. I also imagine it was a lot of fun to act in. The film is so distinctly British. The Americans could never make a film like this. That's no knock on the Americans, it's just simply something that wouldn't work or be charming in their culture.

Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley are both fantastic here. Buckley brings the energy to the movie and Colman brings the subtle hilarity, "...on a Wednesday." Her facial acting throughout the movie is mesmerising. She's fascinating to watch and her reactions are both natural, and hilarious at the same time. This was a good one. 7/10.

I wasn't sure what to make of this movie, it's good in parts, it has two very good central performances from Olivia Coleman and Jessie Buckley but suffers from a really uneven tone.

The tone problems all stem from the direction of the piece. Its great to see such a diverse cast, but that diversity of casting does a historical injustice to Karpal Kaur Sandhu who was the first serving Asian woman in the police, her story is truly heroic and tragic, and ignoring any racial tension in 1920's Britain is also anachronistic and fantastical. Those moments give the work an uneven tone, and the longer the movie goes on the more the direction lurches from a fun tone it something closer to what the movie can be.

The outstanding moments in this film come from Jessie Buckley, who like Maggie Smith in her younger years bursts onto the screen with energy and charisma. Olivia Coleman is always full of nuance and depth - those two central performances carry the movie. Anjana Vasan is charming and full of comic energy she is required to carry a part which has some very odd writing and character development. She does it like a star.

A very odd movie in some ways but worth you time if you can get over the anachronisms and the uneven tone.

Simple and entertaining with a good ensemble cast. There are a few laughs to be had although quite a lot of the funny parts were in the trailer. Olivia Colman is always a delight to watch with Jessie Buckley stealing the show with some excellent acting as the unpredictable, foul mouthed Rose. Timothy Small plays a character so hideous it is hard to watch at times. It's a story about female empowerment and it still frustrates me that women were treated like this only in the last century. The scenes with the gang of women clubbing together to help Rose were a highlight. Wicked Little Letters reminded me in tone of The Banshees of Inisherin albeit with a much more positive narrative.

Okay, so it sounds as though Thea Sharrock's "Wicked Little Letters" took a lot of creative liberties, but you gotta love the overall story, with a town in 1920 England suddenly filled with obscene letters and blaming an abrasive Irish immigrant.

The movie at once both addresses distrust of the "other" (especially considering how the English viewed the Irish) and people's tendency to dumb down their language to sound "appropriate". One scene in particular seems to say "well that felt good". I wouldn't call it a masterpiece - especially when you read about the inaccuracies - but it's got some funny stuff. I suspect that deep down, a lot of Christians wish that they could spout all the profanities they want.

In addition to stars Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley, it also has Anjana Vasan (from last year's season finale of "Black Mirror"), Timothy Spall (Wormtail in the Harry Potter movies) and Alisha Weir (the title character in the recent "Abigail").