Wicked Little Letters (MA 15+)

A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a farcical and occasionally sinister scandal in this riotous mystery comedy.

Based on a stranger than fiction true story, Wicked Little Letters follows two neighbours: deeply conservative local Edith Swan and rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding. When Edith and fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose is charged with the crime. The anonymous letters prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town’s women - led by Police Officer Gladys Moss - begin to investigate the crime themselves, they suspect that something is amiss, and Rose may not be the culprit after all.

Cast: Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Timothy Spall, Anjana Vasan, Joanna Scanlan, Hugh Skinner, Malachi Kirby, Gemma Jones, Lolly Adefope, Eileen Atkins, Alisha Weir

Director: Thea Sharrock

★★★★½ "Little Letters is truly wicked fun" STUFF.CO.NZ

★★★★ "a gloriously antic spirit and it sends you out on a high -- no small thing these days" SMH

★★★★ "There’s nothing like two of the finest actresses of their generation waging war against each other." SUNDAY TIMES UK

★★★★ "a deliciously sweary poison-pen mystery" GUARDIAN