Review: Cop (2022) | movie top

A crowded triangular drama that spans decades

The scandalous talk about Harry Styles’ latest film had barely faded before his next role came out. This time he plays a policeman in love in anti-gay Britain. In fact, Sebastian was impressed.

Harry Stiles It has recently received a lot of attention for Olivia Wilde Movie do not worry my love. Perhaps not because of the movie itself, but mostly because of the scandals surrounding it: Wilde’s love affair with Styles on set and the so-called “spit gate” where Styles is said to have spat on his fellow actor. Chris Pine. So it is quiet when policemanStyles’ latest movie, appears in Amazon Prime – Completely without scandals in the luggage.

The movie is about retired teacher Marion, who lets her old friend Richard move in with her and her husband Tom, after the old friend suffers a stroke. However, Tom doesn’t want anything to do with him and when Marion starts reading an old diary the memories come back. policeman It mainly occurs in the late 1950s, but oscillates between the past and the present. Styles plays the 50s version of Tom and Emma koren He plays Marion the Younger. They plan to get married but what you don’t know is that Tom is in love with another man: curator Richard. As you can hear, it’s set for an amazing triangle drama.

Harry Styles is doing well

First things first: Yes, Harry Styles can act. So. Now we can let it go. It might not rain on Oscar statues, but he does a good job as a low-level cop. Instead, it’s Emma Corinne who puts in the best performance. She succeeds in portraying a woman torn between the choice of accepting or denying her husband’s sexual orientation. generally does policeman An impressive effort when it comes to an accurate depiction of the challenges gays and homosexuals had to endure on a daily basis in 1950s Britain. Notably, there is a scene where Corinne’s character suddenly finds out that one of her co-workers may not be as straight as she thought. The colleague says that she seemed to have transformed in one second from one person to another, just because of her sexual orientation. can be imagined.

In films that deal with the challenges of homosexuals, society is the biggest antagonist. Even here too policeman She also managed to turn many of her leads into partners. Tom and Marion both make decisions that have dire consequences for those around them, and have a desire to move forward and deny that the greatest enemy is hiding, which says something about the consequences that societal norms and ancient laws can have on people’s entire lives.

Worst in the modern timeline

Intimate photo and scenes between Styles and David Dawson as Richard feels believable. Unfortunately, most of them fall apart once the movie chooses to spend time with the older versions of the characters, with three other actors taking on the roles. The contrast between the present and the past is the film’s biggest flaw, and it’s something he was never able to get over. The scenes with Styles, Corrin, and Dawson are a lot better than the scenes where they’re supposed to depict retired characters. Partially, I think so, for example Jenna McKee As an older Marion she doesn’t do nearly as well as Corinne, but most of all, my time with them is too little for me to make an emotional connection. This means that the love story between the three characters does not fully begin.

“My Policeman” is now available to stream on Amazon Prime Video.

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