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  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary Beautiful Essex boy Jim (Harris Dickinson) who, having traveled from the suburbs, finds himself in Soho searching for fame, fortune and cultural stimulation. Down on his luck, he meets with a gang of unusual high class male escorts – The Raconteurs – who specialize in post-coital conversation. What follows is Jim’s comic descent from uns...

Directed By: Steve McLean

Written By: Steve McLean

  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2018
  • Not Rated
  • Strand Releasing
  • 1 h 30 m

Postcards from London

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Beautiful Essex boy Jim (Harris Dickinson) who, having traveled from the suburbs, finds himself in Soho searching for fame, fortune and cultural stimulation. Down on his luck, he meets with a gang of unusual high class male escorts – The Raconteurs – who specialize in post-coital conversation. What follows is Jim’s comic descent from uns...

Directed By: Steve McLean

Written By: Steve McLean

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
42
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56% Mixed
5 Reviews
44% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
42
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56% Mixed
5 Reviews
44% Negative
4 Reviews

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60
Nov 29, 2018
It really is very strange, with every idea, every scene, every moment lavishly garnished with floridly serious, mannered language. A little of it goes a long way.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
60
Nov 12, 2018
Although Postcards From London ultimately doesn't quite live up to its considerable ambitions, it offers plenty of arresting moments along the way.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 8, 2018
The film’s elegant compositions themselves are painterly, with the actors carefully posed; and the atmosphere is theatrical, with crisp line readings and sparsely populated frames. Those elements, plus a meandering story line, may not make for a particularly involving narrative experience. But it sure is nice to look at.
By Bilge Ebiri FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 5, 2018
Pretty but hollow, Postcards From London isn’t quite clever enough to get away with being this deeply frivolous. It exudes a sense of high amusement at itself but doesn’t make that satisfaction so easy to share.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
38
Nov 8, 2018
Some of the visual compositions are impressive to look at, but the overall self-consciousness of the enterprise, paltry attempts at wit such as describing Bacon as “a screaming queen who painted the screaming Pope,” and basic thinness of this wistfully wish-fulfilment material make it hard for a viewer to stay involved.
By David Noh FULL REVIEW
30
Nov 1, 2018
We’re told over and over how stunning, how sensitive, how remarkable he is. But he’s such a blank slate that there’s not much actual evidence of these traits. It’s not Dickinson’s fault; he’s been directed towards a particular style of performance that favors tell over show.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
25
Nov 9, 2018
Aside from bad filmmaking, I don’t know what any of this means. I do know Harris Dickinson is the chief attraction as well as the only reason to suffer through a revolting score of punk rock songs and an interminable series of fuzzy, flashing camera angles advertising neon signs for sex clubs and gay bath houses.
By Rex Reed FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Diablo Films, BFI Film Fund, Creativity Capital
Release Date Nov 9, 2018
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website https://www.peccapics.com/product/postcards-from-london/
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Awards

Mezipatra Queer Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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