Going Postal! Audio Film Review of ‘Wicked Little Letters’

Submitted by PatrickMcD on April 4, 2024 - 10:41am

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Rating: 4.5/5.0

CHICAGO – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com audio film review for the newly released “Wicked Little Letters,” a based-on-truth story featuring Olivia Coleman and Jessie Buckley, set in England right after World War One. In theaters on April 5th.

Coleman is Edith, a mousey British woman who lives with her parents and espouses Christian values as her facade. Her neighborhood is disrupted when a saucy war widow named Rose (Jessie Buckley) moves in with a daughter and lover, and espouses a filterless and authentic cussing-like-a-sailor persona. When Rose begins to charm the neighborhood, it coincides with a number of poison pen letters Edith begins to receive, using swear-word language similar to the rhythms of Rose’s speech. Edith’s Dad Edward (Timothy Spall) has Rose arrested, and everyone assumes her guilt except for a handful of neighbors and a woman police officer named Gladys (Anjana Vasan). As the trial approaches, will the facades come tumbling down?

Wicked Little Letters
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Audio Film Review of “Wicked Little Letters” by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com …

”Wicked Little Letters” is in theaters on April 5th. Featuring Olivia Coleman, Jessie Buckley, Timothy Spall and Anjana Vasan. Written by Jonny Sweet. Directed by Thea Sharrock. Rated “R”