This movie was very good.
Pros: I was impressed how straightforward this movie was from its direction & pasting. Having this movie being told in Billie Piper’s Sam McAlister perspective was something I wasn’t expecting going on. All of the performances in this movie were so good and I was gripped by how much I was drawn by the tension with-in the story as this went along.
Cons: I Wish we gets know more about other characters in the story. It left out a lot of the investigation aspects of the narrative & the film didn’t feel that long.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Directed by Philip Martin
Produced by Hilary Salmon, Radford Neville, Sanjay Singhal
Screenplay by Peter Moffat
Based on Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interviews by Sam McAlister
Starring: Gillian Anderson, Rufus Sewell & Billie Piper.
Production companies: The Lighthouse Film & Television, Voltage TV
Distributed by: Netflix
The plot: An insider account of how the women of “Newsnight” secured Prince Andrew’s infamous 2019 interview about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The Casts:
- Gillian Anderson as Emily Maitlis
- Rufus Sewell as Prince Andrew
- Billie Piper as Sam McAlister
- Keeley Hawes as Amanda Thirsk
- Connor Swindells as Jae Donnelly
- Romola Garai as Esme Wren
- Charity Wakefield as Princess Beatrice
- Paul Popplewell
- Lia Williams as Fran Unsworth
- Theresa Godly as BBC U.S. News Reporter
I recommend watching this movie on Netflix.
Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe