Synopsis
Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must repair the relationship with his youngest son and solve the mystery of an online player who he thinks could be Michael, so he can finally move on and reunite his family.
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Cast
- Bill NighyAlan
- Sam RileyPeter
- Jenny AgutterMargaret
- Alice LoweSue
- Tim McInnernyArthur
- Louis HealyJack
- Ella-Grace GregoireRachel
- Alexei SayleBill
- Alan WilliamsDesk Officer
- John WestleyThe Official
Recommendations
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The Guardian
This film is a distinct, articulate pleasure. - 80
The Observer (UK)
The precision in the shot composition is mirrored in the storytelling – there’s an unassuming elegance that balances the eccentricity of a film that makes something as mundane as Scrabble into a taut dramatic device. - 80
The Telegraph
The hesitancy of the storytelling, with its comforting lulls and odd delays, is a funny sort of boon. - 75
Original-Cin
Sometimes, the script is very funny; always, it tries too hard to please; and it never lets you forget that it has been calculated down to a smirk and a teardrop. - 75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
The film is also peppered with animation, mid-century kitsch and a touch of whimsy, making Sometimes Always Never seem more like an intimate stage production than an exercise in cinematic self-seriousness. - 75
Slant Magazine
The film unites its seemingly disparate strands of somber drama and deadpan comedy into a surprisingly cohesive whole. - 70
TheWrap
Strong casting keeps the film thriving through its many winding subplots. - 63
Movie Nation
Sometimes Always Never has enough outside-looking-in charm, and Nighy, to make it nice fit to any Anglophile filmgoer.
