Kind Hearts And Coronets
Kind Hearts And Coronets
One of the blackest of British comedies, Robert Hamer's masterpiece is also, with its brilliant juxtaposition of Edwardian bourgeois etiquette and savage ambition, the most glitteringly sophisticated.
4.9 out of 5 based on 8 reviews
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Omniscore:
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| Certificate |
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| Genre |
Comedy |
| Director |
Robert Hamer |
| Cast |
Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, Valerie Hobson, Audrey Fildes, Miles Malleson, Clive Morton Dennis Price |
| Studio |
BFI |
| Release Date |
August 2011 |
| Running Time |
106 mins |
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One of the blackest of British comedies, Robert Hamer's masterpiece is also, with its brilliant juxtaposition of Edwardian bourgeois etiquette and savage ambition, the most glitteringly sophisticated.
Reviews
Empire Magazine
Bob McCabe
“It is [Hamer's] sure touch (as director and co-writer) that makes this essentially morbid material as comically macabre, yet also acceptable and entertaining.”
24/08/2011
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The Guardian
Peter Bradshaw
“This was Robert Hamer's masterpiece, and though his troubled life and career were sadly brief, it surely entitles him to be mentioned in the same breath as, say, Max Ophüls, and to be considered one of the great British directors. ”
18/08/2011
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The Independent
Anthony Quinn
“Its Edwardian setting is all elegance, but nonchalance is the key to its genius.”
19/08/2011
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The Observer
Philip French
“It's great to have Kind Hearts and Coronets back on the big screen.”
21/08/2011
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Time Out
Ben Walters
“It's Price who hold the piece together, endowing Louis with a feline mix of charm, taste and ruthlessness that anticipates Tom Ripley and Hannibal Lecter.”
18/08/2011
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The Sunday Times
Edward Porter
“Alec Guinness’s performances as eight members of a crusty aristocratic family are what everybody remembers about it, but let’s not forget Dennis Price’s excellence in the role of the social-climbing killer, or the wit of the screenplay.”
21/08/2011
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Total Film
Philip Kemp
“As cool, elegant and witty as ever.”
08/08/2011
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The Times
Kate Muir
“Narrated with dry, sly observation, the script is occasionally embarrassingly dated, but the tone is that of Oscar Wilde.”
19/08/2011
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