An amateur historian defies the academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years.
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Sally Hawkins
Philippa Langley
Steve Coogan
John Langley
Harry Lloyd
Richard III/Pete
Mark Addy
Richard Buckley
James Fleet
John Ashdown-Hill
Lee Ingleby
Richard Taylor
Adam Robb
Max Langley
Benjamin Scanlan
Raife Langley
Amanda Abbington
Sarah Levitt
Lewis Macleod
Tony
Director
Stephen Frears
Tagline
"Her story made history."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Revenue
$1,183,336
Production
Baby Cow Productions, BBC Film, Ingenious Media, Pathé, Magaritz Productions
CinemaSerf
October 8, 2022
Sally Hawkins turns in an enthusiastic performance here as the determined Philippa Langley. Separated from her husband (Steve Coogan), she is sort of at the end of her tether when she takes her young son to see a stage version of Shakespeare's "Richard III". Taken with the tragedy of that story, she joins the local "Ricardians" and soon determines that this particular historical figure has had a b...
Peter McGinn
November 16, 2022
I really enjoyed this movie. Mind you, I have been interested in the long suppressed truth about King Richard III for a long time, so at the very least I appreciate a feature film trying to set the record more straight. But even setting that aside, I thought the movie was entertaining and interesting. They made a lot of small changes from Philippa Langley’s book describing her journey to disco...
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