| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | THE WINSLOW BOY (1999) |
| Director | David Mamet |
| Writer | Terence Rattigan, David Mamet |
| Lead Actor | Rebecca Pidgeon |
| Cast | Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Northam, Nigel Hawthorne |
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
| Release Date | May 26, 1999 (France) |
| Duration | 1h 44m(104 min) |
| Budget | Not Available |
| Language | English |
| IMDB Rating | 7.3/10 |
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REVIEW
THE WINSLOW BOY is David Mamet’s improbably wonderful adaptation of a 50 year old British play based on a pre World War I trial that was politically hot in those simpler times. The film is partly about the differences between manners and morals (and trials), then and now, but mostly it’s a touching drama about principled people heroically risking everything for a “lost cause.”
When 14 year old Ronnie Winslow is sacked from the Royal Naval College for a minor theft, his decent middle class patriarchal family is stunned and disappointed. When the boy insists he’s innocent, his father accepts his word and fights stubbornly through Parliament and the courts. It’s a classic underdog story.
The strains on the family’s health, wealth and unity are huge. In the end, we learn that “it’s easy to do justice, very hard to do right.”
The emotions like Arthur Winslow’s absolute trust in Ronnie, daughter Kate’s loyalty and love are understated and quite moving. At first glance, this polite, talky play by the late Sir Terence Rattigan seems an odd choice for raucous writer director Mamet (The Edge).
But Mamet’s work is often concerned with justice. Also, Winslow has a showcase part for his young English wife, Rebecca Pidgeon, as the cool (but sweet) suffragette Kate. She and the superb Nigel Hawthorne (as Arthur, the father) create memorable filial bonding, and her budding romance with the charismatic defense lawyer (Jeremy Northam) is amusingly modest and witty. Recommended for fans of substance, style and elegance.
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