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Olivia Colman
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Jessie Buckley
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Timothy Spall
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Anjana Vasan
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Olivia Colman |
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Jessie Buckley |
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Timothy Spall |
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Anjana Vasan |
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Olivia Colman |
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Jessie Buckley |
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Timothy Spall |
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Anjana Vasan |
Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) – pious and respected (if not well-liked) – is one of those residents. The letters assassinate her character in the most blue-tinged language imaginable and, when they start to stack up, her autocratic, scripture-quoting father Edward (Timothy Spall) insists the culprit be found. With law enforcement reluctantly investigating, Edith bandies a pet theory that her neighbour Rose (Jessie Buckley) might mean her harm.
Rose is the opposite of Edith: loud, brash, a lover of spirits and dancing, and unapologetic about all of it. When the police arrest her in the letters case, assuming her guilt because of her “loose moral character,” it doesn’t sit well with Police Officer Gladys Moss (Anjana Vasan). With her superiors unwilling to listen, she gathers a group of unlikely yet resourceful female volunteers to get to the bottom of the mystery.
It’s all brought together by director Thea Sharrock (Me Before You), who makes room for the darker narrative undertones of misogyny, hypocrisy, and repression while keeping the many twists of this story moving at the perfect clip for its comedy.