PREVIEW: Good Luck to You, Leo Grande (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Emma Thompson (Cruella), Daryl McCormack (Pixie), Isabella Laughland (Now Is Good), Charlotte Ware (film debut), Carina Lopes (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Sophie Hyde (Animals), director; Katy Brand (film debut), writer; Debbie Gray (The More You Ignore Me), Adrian Politowski (Mandy) and NF Ravi (Yatagan), producers; Stephen Rennicks (Room), composer; Bryan Mason (52 Tuesdays), cinematographer, editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Nancy Stokes (Thompson), a retired schoolteacher, seeks excitement and passion after her dull marriage, which has recently left her widowed. Checking into a hotel room for the night, she hires Leo Grande (McCormack) – a handsome young male escort – to give her the night of pleasure that she has always wanted to have…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Emma Thompson is on the top of her game – but then again, when is she never? – in this sex-positive comedy that celebrates the passions and pleasures of middle-aged life.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 17TH JUNE 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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