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A busy triangle drama that spans decades

The scandalous talk of Harry Styles’ latest movie has barely died down before his next role appears. This time he plays a cop in love in homophobic Britain. Actually Sebastian was impressed.

Harry Stiles Recently received a lot of attention for Olivia Wilde film do not worry my love. Perhaps not because of the movie itself, but mostly because of the scandals that surrounded it: Wilde’s love affair with Styles on set and the so-called “spit gate” where Styles reportedly spat on a fellow actor Chris Pine. So they are quiet when policemanStyles’ latest film, appearing in Amazon Prime – Absolutely without scandals in the baggage.

The film is about retired teacher Marion, who allows her old friend Patrick to move in with her and her husband, Tom, after the old friend suffers a stroke. However, Tom wants nothing to do with it and when Marion starts reading an old diary the memories come back. policeman It mainly takes place in the late 1950s, but oscillates between the past and the present. Styles plays a 1950s version of Tom W Emma Corinne Marion plays the younger. They plan to get married, but what she doesn’t know is that Tom is having a love affair with another man: museum curator Patrick. As you can hear, it was made 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. He may not be showered with Oscar statues, but he does a good job as a low-key cop. Instead, it’s Emma Korine who gives the best performance. It 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 accurately portraying the challenges homosexuals had to endure on a daily basis in 1950s Britain. Notably, there is a scene in which Corinne’s character suddenly discovers that one of her co-workers may not be as straight as she thought. The colleague says she seemed to have switched in one second from one person to another, just because of her sexual orientation. can be imagined.

In films dealing with the challenges of homosexuals, society is the biggest opponent. Even here too policeman She also managed to turn many of her leads into partners. Both Tom and Marion make decisions that have disastrous consequences for those around them, and her willingness to move on and deny the greater enemy is hiding, which is saying something about the consequences that societal norms and outdated laws can have on people’s entire lives.

worse in the modern timeline

The picture is intimate and the scenes between Styles and David Dawson as Patrick feel believable. Unfortunately, most of it falls apart once the movie chooses to spend time with older versions of the characters, with three other actors taking on the roles. The discrepancy between the present and the past is the film’s biggest flaw, and it’s something it never manages to get over. The scenes with Styles, Corrin, and Dawson are much better than the ones where they’re supposed to portray retired characters. In part, I think so, for example Jenna McKee As the older Marion I don’t do nearly as well as Corinne, but most of all, the time I get to spend with them is very little for me to make an emotional connection. This means that the love story between the three characters does not begin fully.

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

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