It has happened again. “You old, rotten f%!?#*, you stinking §#%!&!” Edith (Olivia Colman), who is under her father’s thumb, blushes with shame. Another letter containing obscene insults is addressed to her. A veritable scandal in the English coastal town of Littlehampton in the 1920s. It quickly becomes clear to the police: Rose (Jessie Buckley), the neighbor who loves drinking and swearing, is the author of the rude letters. Only Gladys (Anjana Vasan), the first female police officer in the county, has doubts. “Why write something when I can just say it?” A legitimate objection from Rose.
Thea Sharrocks “Little Dirty Letters” which is based on true events, draws its comic moments from the collision of a rigid society with hearty dialogues, performed with relish by the great ensemble. The film casually addresses the emerging suffragette movement in a misogynistic environment.
However, the initial momentum of the loving characters with a dramatic foundation quickly evaporates. The script squanders the potential of the whodunit plot by prematurely revealing it and visibly thins it out towards the end. Oasch.
Ab Fr in den Kinos (OmU his Votive, OF his Artist)