Peterloo (2018)

Name: Peterloo
Director: Mike Leigh
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2018-11-01
Duration: 2 h 34 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell, Philip Jackson

PG-13 | 154 min | Drama, History

The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre where British forces attacked a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Manchester.

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2 wins & 8 nominations.

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6 November 2018 | keithmmartin-16091

| The 1819 Tiananmen Square

This is the first review I've ever done, but was moved to do so by some reviews that I have read on here since watching the film. So apologies to you experts, but here's my tuppenceworth. On the down side, a bit overlong, could have been a bit less wordy and faster paced. But, I left the cinema with the same feeling that I did in the early 70s after seeing Soldier Blue: stunned by the brutality of "the authorities" over the disenfranchised. Forensic in its drama/documentry approach and absolutely true to events (I have since checked various historical sources). This is what happens when people feel they lack a voice and does resonate with today's UK. I thought the lighting was superb and the epic, grand scale setting rare in a UK film. A must watch for teenagers who will not have heard of this event in history at school.