Drama Reviews and Features | Little White Lies

Genre Drama

Two people embracing at a formal event, a man in a suit and a woman in a white dress.
Review

An Impossible Love

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Catherine Corsini adapts Christine Angot to captivating effect in this Châteauroux-set romantic drama.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, embracing in a park setting with trees and a street in the background.
Review

Life Itself

by Hannah Strong

Dan Fogelman’s starry New York soap opera is a staggering waste of talent and money.

2
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
1
In Retrospect
Two men in military uniforms, one wearing a cap with an eagle emblem, looking intensely at the camera.
Review

Welcome to Marwen

by Adam Woodward

Robert Zemeckis and Steve Carell bring heart and humour to the story of Mark Hogancamp, but offer little insight.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A woman wearing an ornate crown-like headpiece, earrings, and a necklace, looking pensive.
Review

The Favourite

by David Jenkins

Olivia Colman is sublime as Queen Anne in Yorgos Lanthimos’ absurdist period tragicomedy.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
A person exhaling smoke from their mouth in a clouded, forested environment.
Review

Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

by Hannah Strong

A family gathering to ring in the new year spells trouble in the latest from Ben Wheatley.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Portrait of person with eyes closed in dramatic lighting and shadowing.
Review

1985

by Rory Marsh

A gay man struggles to come out to his ultra-conservative parents in this affecting drama from Yen Tan.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A man in a beige jacket stands in a dimly lit room, with two other men in the background.
Review

Papillon

by Hannah Strong

Charlie Hunnam and Rami Malek team up for this unnecessary retelling of the Steve McQueen classic.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two people gazing intensely at each other, a man wearing a jersey with a large number on it and a woman with curly hair.
Review

It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)

by Karen Krizanovich

Frank Capra’s festive classic returns to the big screen this Christmas – and it’s an opportunity not to be missed.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two people's faces very close together, gazing intensely at each other.
Review

Lizzie

by Adam Woodward

The grisly case of the Borden Murders is exhumed in this well-acted but heavy-handed drama.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A man in a navy jumper intently examining a miniature architectural model on a table.
Review

The House That Jack Built

by David Jenkins

Lars von Trier is up to his old tricks in this absurdly macabre and deeply self-conscious portrait of a serial killer.

1
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect