Cordelia (2019 film)

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Cordelia
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Directed by Adrian Shergold
Written byAdrian Shergold
Antonia Campbell-Hughes
StarringAntonia Campbell-Hughes
Johnny Flynn
Release dates
  • 2019 (2019)(Dinard Film Festival)
  • October 23, 2020 (2020-10-23)(United Kingdom)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Cordelia is a 2019 British horror thriller drama film written by Adrian Shergold and Antonia Campbell-Hughes, directed by Shergold and starring Campbell-Hughes and Johnny Flynn. Other cast includes Joel Fry, Catherine McCormack, Alun Armstrong and Michael Gambon in his final film role before his death in September 2023. [1]

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Cast

Release

The film premiered at the Dinard Film Festival in France in 2019. [2] The film was then released in theaters in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2020. [3]

Reception

The film has a 74% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 23 reviews. [4] Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert.com awarded the film three stars. [5] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian awarded the film three stars out of five. [3] Rob Rector of Film Threat rated the film an 8 out of 10. [6] Ferdosa of Screen Rant awarded the film two and a half stars out of five. [7]

Jeannette Catsoulis of The New York Times gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Enigmatic and imperfect, but nonetheless absorbing and consistently unsettling, Cordelia offers a haunting visualization of a breaking-apart psyche." [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Grater, Tom (May 8, 2019). "UK thriller 'Cordelia' with Johnny Flynn, Antonia Campbell-Hughes finds sales agent (exclusive)". Screen International. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  2. ↑ Billington, Alex (May 6, 2022). "New Trailer for UK Thriller 'Cordelia' with Antonia Campbell-Hughes". Firstshowing.net. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  3. 1 2 Bradshaw, Peter (October 21, 2020). "Cordelia review – reality-bending drama of creepy neighbours". The Guardian. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Cordelia". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  5. ↑ Kenny, Glenn (May 20, 2022). "Cordelia". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  6. ↑ Rector, Rob (May 20, 2022). "Cordelia". Film Threat. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  7. ↑ Ferdosa (May 22, 2022). "Cordelia Review: Psychological Thriller Suffers From An Identity Crisis". Screen Rant. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
  8. ↑ Catsoulis, Jeannette (May 19, 2022). "'Cordelia' Review: Going Underground". The New York Times. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
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