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  • 2022
  • Vertical Entertainment
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2022
  • Vertical Entertainment
  • 1 h 39 m

Summary In 1962, Roald Dahl (Hugh Bonneville) was an upcoming children's author, his wife, Patricia Neal (Keeley Hawes), was a Hollywood movie star. This unlikely pairing retreated to the English countryside to bring up their expanding young family, only for their lives to be turned upside down when their daughter Olivia contracted the measles v...

Directed By: John Hay

Written By: David Logan, Stephen Michael Shearer, John Hay

  • 2022
  • Vertical Entertainment
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2022
  • Vertical Entertainment
  • 1 h 39 m

To Olivia

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Summary In 1962, Roald Dahl (Hugh Bonneville) was an upcoming children's author, his wife, Patricia Neal (Keeley Hawes), was a Hollywood movie star. This unlikely pairing retreated to the English countryside to bring up their expanding young family, only for their lives to be turned upside down when their daughter Olivia contracted the measles v...

Directed By: John Hay

Written By: David Logan, Stephen Michael Shearer, John Hay

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Apr 14, 2022
A well-intentioned biopic about a little-discussed but pivotal moment for both artists. If it’s never transcendent, it at least offers charming child performances, and Hawes is a particularly good fit as Neal.
By Helen O'Hara FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 14, 2022
True, grief is universal – but To Olivia never embraces the fact that stories draw their power from specificity. It’s what makes them feel real.
By Clarisse Loughrey FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 14, 2022
The film does a good job of dragging us from the darkest valleys of tragedy towards the gently sunlit uplands.
By Donald Clarke FULL REVIEW
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Apr 14, 2022
How parents mourn a child’s death together — or apart — is among life’s aching mysteries. The director John Hay plumbs the poignancy well but avoids any tussling with Dahl’s legacy, tarnished by antisemitic statements.
By Lisa Kennedy FULL REVIEW
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Apr 14, 2022
This film comes to life in the two scenes when its hushed note of kindly reverence is broken.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW
40
Mar 1, 2021
As a straight-up redemptive sob story with no other purpose, it cooks the books.
By Tim Robey FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Align, Atticus Pictures, Goldcrest Features
Release Date Apr 15, 2022
Duration 1 h 39 m
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Tagline The True Story of Roald Dahl and Patricia Neal
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