A 'safe' film that is an easy watch. Fiction based partly on true events regarding the search and archaeological find of the remains of English King Richard III, in a car park.
Sally Hawkins gives a great performance as amateur historian or Richardian, Phillipa Langley. The viewer sees Langley defy obstacles such as some academia and raising money for the dig. The full facts are fully available on documentaries and her 2013 book.
Steve Coogan adds some comic flair, sometimes inadvertently as Langley's husband John Langley. I can't help but seeing some of his most famous comic character Alan Partridge in the role.
Many scenes are filmed in Edinburgh that seem to be shoehorned in as Leicester.
Hawkins has visions of King Richard from a Shakespearean stage production throughout the film that add some light relief from the seriousness of some academia and amateur historians.
Look out for Mark Addy, of The Full Monty (1997) as a archaeologist.
A feel good film at its conclusion. Long live the King. The King IS dead.
Sally Hawkins gives a great performance as amateur historian or Richardian, Phillipa Langley. The viewer sees Langley defy obstacles such as some academia and raising money for the dig. The full facts are fully available on documentaries and her 2013 book.
Steve Coogan adds some comic flair, sometimes inadvertently as Langley's husband John Langley. I can't help but seeing some of his most famous comic character Alan Partridge in the role.
Many scenes are filmed in Edinburgh that seem to be shoehorned in as Leicester.
Hawkins has visions of King Richard from a Shakespearean stage production throughout the film that add some light relief from the seriousness of some academia and amateur historians.
Look out for Mark Addy, of The Full Monty (1997) as a archaeologist.
A feel good film at its conclusion. Long live the King. The King IS dead.