Wicked Little Letters

2024 Drama | Comedy
70%

In 1920s Littlehampton, deeply religious spinster Edith Swan receives a series of obscenity-laden anonymous letters, which outrage her parents Edward and Victoria. They are convinced foul-mouthed Irish neighbour Rose Gooding is behind the missives. Comedy drama starring Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley

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by Brian Lloyd
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'Wicked Little Letters' makes wit out of witless profanity

In twenties England, the town of Littlehampton is rocked by a mystery unlike any other at the time - the people are receiving poison-pen letters filled with profanities. Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) appears to be the main target, and her father Edward (Timothy Spall) suspects it to be their next-door neighbour Rose (Jessie Buckley), an Irish immigrant who is at risk of losing custody of her daughter (Alisha Weir) due to the accusations...

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