SILVER

A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a farcical and occasionally sinister scandal in this riotous mystery-comedy. Based on a stranger-than-fiction true-crime story, WICKED LITTLE LETTERS follows two neighbors: deeply conservative local Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) and rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley). When Edith and her fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the townswomen — led by Police Officer Gladys Moss (Anjana Vasan) — begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect that something is amiss, and Rose may not be the culprit after all. DIR Thea Sharrock; SCR Johnny Sweet; PROD Graham Broadbent, Olivia Colman, Peter Czernin, Ed Sinclair, Jo Wallett. UK, 2023, color, 102 min. RATED R

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