The Lesson (2023 film)

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The Lesson
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Directed by Alice Troughton
Written byAlex MacKeith
Produced byCamille Gatin
Cassandra Sigsgaard
Judy Tossell
Fabien Westerhoff
Starring Richard E. Grant
Julie Delpy
Daryl McCormack
CinematographyAnna Patarakina
Edited byPaulo Pandolpho
Music by Isobel Waller-Bridge
Production
companies
Poison Chef
Egoli Tossell
Jeva Films
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Focus Features
Release dates
  • June 11, 2023 (2023-06-11)(Tribeca)
  • September 22, 2023 (2023-09-22)(United Kingdom and Ireland)
Running time
103 minutes [1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$310,746 [2] [3]

The Lesson is a 2023 British thriller film written by Alex MacKeith, directed by Alice Troughton and starring Richard E. Grant, Julie Delpy and Daryl McCormack.

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Cast

Release

In May 2022, Bleecker Street acquired United States distribution rights to the then titled film, The Tutor. [4] [5]

The film premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Festival. [6] It was released in theaters on July 7, 2023 in the United States and in theaters in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2023 by Universal Pictures and Focus Features. [7] [8]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 76% of 101 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.6/10.The website's consensus reads: "Even if it isn't always quite as clever as it seems to think it is, sharp performances from an outrageously talented cast make The Lesson worth learning." [9] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 62 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. [10]

Guy Lodge of Variety gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Who is writing what, and to what extent it matters, are the questions that keep director Alice Troughton and screenwriter Alex MacKeith’s mutual debut feature interesting, even as it slides into occasional, overheated cliché." [11] Caryn James of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a very positive review, citing "a clever script that keeps us off guard, the setting of a gracious country estate whose sumptuous visuals mask a dark undercurrent, and a score that entices us into an increasingly unsettling world..." [12]

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