Wednesday, 9 January 2019, 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm

2018, UK, 154 minutes, (12A)
Director – Mike Leigh

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

TRAILER:

LINKS:
IMDb – Peterloo
Rotten Tomatoes – Peterloo

AUDIENCE REACTION:

Our first film of the season was very well received

• Excellent  32
• Very good 10
• Good 4

Giving an overall score of 90.2%

COMMENTS:

• A detailed history lesson – amazing detail!
• Very realistic.  Thought it might show the impact afterwards
• An epic of a film – a sign of the times
• I do love a good baddy and there were certainly plenty of those – was it acceptable given the mores of the age or was the early 19^th century full of brutes and cads?
• A weirdly paced film – sometimes almost Shakespearean, sometimes quite shallow – but shines a light on an important and overlooked part of British democratic history
• How little life changes
• Great film – the riot scene was brutal!
• History I’d never even known.  Thought provoking.  Times have not changed sadly
• So pleased to have seen this.  Feel a little overwhelmed – brilliant and just what needs to be seen
• Vive le republic!!
• Much better than I expected
• Enjoyed the film, loved the acting, well scripted and directed.  History should be kept alive in films as not a lot of reading done these days.  More like this please
• I’ve been looking forward to this film since I first heard about it in early days of its production  my plans to see it earlier were unavoidably thwarted so I was very please dot see it tonight  a great achievement from Mike Leigh
• Thank you
• Excellent film.  Will find out more about the event which I think is hidden away
• Given the current power struggles in the UK it seems that not much has changed
• Very affecting – wonderful hats
• Fantastic film!  Brilliant well developed set scenes.  Hidden from popular history
• Harrowing portrayal of the horror that humans are able to act upon each other when they see the difference between themselves.  A warning for us all  thank you fo showing such an important film
• Gwych!
• A great tribute to those who protested
• But there were a few caricatures
• Powerful shocking film
• Awesome

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