My Policeman has a few moments of inelegance, but the chemistry Harry Styles has with...everyone...makes the love story utterly compelling. aurora_amidon's review:
It’s the 1950s in Brighton, England, and love is in the air. The moment schoolteacher Marion Taylor lays her eyes on devastatingly handsome policeman Tom Burgess , she becomes utterly besotted with him, and before the sweltering summer is over, the young romantics are deep in the throes of a passionate affair. But Marion isn’t the only one pining after Tom.
Once its action sets into motion, the film becomes a lot of different things. It’s a period piece, a character study, a slow burn. But above all,is an effective love story. Tom and Patrick’s secret love affair is drawn out thoughtfully by screenwriter Ron Nyswaner, who delicately imbues a majority of the characters’ dialogue with double meaning, walking the narrow tightrope of highlighting the secretive nature of an affair while avoid the dreaded exposition traps.
To complicate matters, Tom and Marion’s relationship is equally compelling. Corrin plays the latter with a captivating blend of childlike wonder and serene old-fashionedness. Not only is she a fascinating wild card that threatens Tom and Patrick’s relationship, but Corrin and Styles’ chemistry is also undeniable. This only adds more heft to an already weighty love story.
The older versions of the three central characters are much more stifled and constrained, and as a result their stories are a little less engaging than their younger counterparts. But the two storylines are stitched together exquisitely by Nyswaner and editor Chris Dickens, who transform the film into not only a tempestuous love story, but a thoughtful meditation on memory.
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