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2019 | Comedy | Drama
91 mins United Kingdom
Comedy-drama. A dysfunctional family of Scrabble enthusiasts are unable to move on after the disappearance of one of their number. Family patriarch Alan (Nighy) believes he is playing his estranged son over the internet, but is he just blinded by his need to make amends?
| Produced by | Hurricane Films |
| Director | Carl Hunter |
| Writer | Frank Cottrell Boyce |
| Cast | Bill Nighy, Sam Riley, Alice Lowe, Jenny Agutter, Tim McInnerny and Alexei Sayle |
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Not nearly as wacky as it possibly sounds; it is certainly a very whimsical film, but handled in an extremely dry and low-key way. There is something very quiet and English about it, possibly due to the fact it has clearly been made on a vanishingly tiny budget. Nighy is excellent, and there are some very funny moments (such as when he hustles Tim McInnerny's character into playing Scrabble for cash). No real flaws, but at the same time it does feel a little under-powered as a piece of drama.