Drama Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Drama

Man in police uniform looking through car windscreen.
Review

Monsters and Men

by Katherine McLaughlin

John David Washington is a cop struggling to come to terms with systematic racism in Reinaldo Marcus Green’s debut feature.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two men, one with arms crossed sitting on a chair, one seated in meditation pose, both in a pink-tinted room.
Review

Glass

by Hannah Strong

M Night Shyamalan gets the gang back together for the bizarre finale to his ​“Eastrail 177 Trilogy”.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Group of medieval-style characters on horseback, dressed in dark armour and capes, with one central female character wearing a blue dress and long red hair.
Review

Mary Queen of Scots

by David Jenkins

Saoirse Ronan and Margot Robbie play duelling monarchs in this lifeless period piece.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Man in hat standing next to woman with curled hair wearing a scarf, in a black and white film noir style image.
Review

Laura (1944)

by Matt Thrift

A new Blu-ray edition provides an opportunity to revisit Otto Preminger’s slyly subversive noir masterpiece.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
A person wearing glasses and a shawl lying on a bed, their head in their hands, next to a person lying under a blanket on the bed.
Review

Beautiful Boy

by Hannah Strong

Steve Carell and Timothée Chalamet play a father and son pushed to the edge in this tender drug addiction drama.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Close-up of two people embracing, a man with grey hair and a woman with dark hair.
Review

The House by the Sea

by Rory Marsh

Director Robert Guédiguian brings together a familiar cast for this introspective coastal drama.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two people, a younger man in a blue hat and a older man in a wheelchair, interacting on a city street.
Review

The Upside

by Thomas Hobbs

Bryan Cranston and Kevin Hart pair up for a wholly unnecessary remake of French dramedy The Intouchables.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A man in a suit speaking into a microphone, surrounded by a crowd, in front of a Greenpeace banner.
Review

The Front Runner

by Adam Nayman

If nothing else, this tawdry political drama proves that Jason Reitman is no Steven Spielberg.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Victorian woman in black dress and hat standing in opulent room with woman in background.
Review

Colette

by Beth Webb

Keira Knightley plays the eponymous French author in a biopic which doesn’t match the imagination of its subject.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A man in a Nazi military uniform with a cap bearing the Nazi eagle insignia and a skull-and-crossbones symbol, looking stern and solemn.
Review

The 12th Man

by Rory Marsh

Jonathan Rhys-Meyers delivers a scene-stealing turn in this chilly World War Two survival drama.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect