SummaryBased on a true story, this dramatic television movie tells the tale of a well-respected politician who puts his career and reputation on the line to stand up for a woman convicted of murdering her children.
SummaryBased on a true story, this dramatic television movie tells the tale of a well-respected politician who puts his career and reputation on the line to stand up for a woman convicted of murdering her children.
In lesser hands, Longford might have come off as dogmatic or, worse, pathetic. Broadbent endows him with a cocktail of emotions that makes Longford simultaneously heroic and vulnerable. It is a performance that will likely not be forgotten later this year when Emmy nominations are announced.
I said this is an old-school literary movie because it is a gallery of objective portraits, leaving the viewer to absorb narrative while pondering various parallels and themes.