«My Policeman» is a 2022 American romantic drama film based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Bethan Roberts and directed by Michael Grandage.
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- My Policeman is a 2022 American romantic drama film.
- It was based on the 2012 novel of the same name by Bethan Roberts.
- It was directed by Michael Grandage.
- The film stars Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, Gina McKee, Linus Roache, David Dawson, and Rupert Everett.
- My Policeman had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 11 September 2022.
- It is scheduled to be released in the United States on 21 October 2022 by Amazon Studios
- Its streaming release is scheduled on 4 November 2022 by Prime Video.
- The film received mixed reviews from critics, who praised Dawson’s performance but criticised the direction and the screenplay.
- It was announced in September 2020 that Amazon Studios would produce the film.
- Michael Grandage was set to direct a screenplay written by Ron Nyswaner, with Harry Styles and Lily James entering negotiations to star.
- James would exit negotiations by February 2021, with Emma Corrin replacing her.
- In March 2021, David Dawson, Linus Roache and Rupert Everett joined the cast of the film.[
- In June 2021, Kadiff Kirwan joined the cast of the film.
- Principal photography began in April 2021.
- Filming took place in London and Brighton and Hove.
- In Hove, filming took place at The Regency Town House in Brunswick Square for a wedding scene.
- To prepare for his role, Harry Styles memorized the entire script.
- According to the director, Styles could recite every character’s lines in a given scene.
- Lily James was originally cast but dropped out and was later replaced by Emma Corrin.
- Based on the true romantic relationship between writer E. M. Forster and a married policeman, whose actual name was Bob Buckingham.
- The book on which the film is based, “My Policeman” by Bethan Roberts, is based on the life of writer E.M. Forster.
- At the scene when Patrick, Tom and Marion were standing in the Brighton Museum, the big painting behind them was drawn by Ary Scheffer, 1835. Its title: The Shades of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta Appear To Dante and Virgil.
- Harry Styles and Linus Roche share the same birthday February 1. 29 years apart
- The actors’ age difference between “Young” and “Old” Gina and Tom are approximately 30 years, but the actors playing “Young” and “Old” Patrick only are 23 years apart.
- On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 44% based on 135 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7/10.
- The site’s critical consensus reads, “Mildly arresting in its best moments, My Policeman tends toward the tedious despite the respectable efforts of a capable cast.”
- Metacritic gave the film a weighted average score of 50 out of 100 based on 38 critics, indicating “mixed or average reviews.”
- It lasts 113 minutes.
- In a review for The Hollywood Reporter, David Rooney wrote that the adaptation “does little to show that celebrated theater director Michael Grandage can translate his stage skills to the screen”, that Grandage “gives the material so little edge” and that Nyswaner “never digs deep into his characters’ psychology.”
- In a review for Vanity Fair, Richard Lawson proclaimed the film is “studied and plodding in its period-piece solemnity, a dirge of a movie about reckless people that is never warmed by their implied inner fire.
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