
The mysterious death of an enigmatic young man newly arrived in the suburb of Wetherby releases the long-repressed, dark passions of some of its residents.... (Full plot summary below)
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The mysterious death of an enigmatic young man newly arrived in the suburb of Wetherby releases the long-repressed, dark passions of some of its residents.
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| New York TimesJanet MaslinMr. Hare has assembled a superb cast, and its ensemble work is very fine. |
| VarietyVariety StaffThe skill of Hare's approach is that he initially allows us to assume, via normal cinema techniques, that what we saw of the dinner party was the whole story. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA gripping psychodrama that touches on themes of loss, middle age blues, and the dangers of repressing primal emotions such as love, violence, and desire. |
| User ReviewPrivate UCast are brilliant in this. V interesting film about loneliness, regrets and memories. Moments of humour too. |
| User ReviewLee MDespite it's difficult structure, "Wetherby" is a haunting film, because it dares to suggest that the death of a complete stranger can not only touch you, but force you to decide how alive you really are. |
| User ReviewHannah DThe non-linear structure takes some getting used to, but this is a really well-made drama with interesting characters and dialogue. Vanessa Redgrave did a sterling job as the school teacher Jean trying to come to terms with her past. I also really liked Joely Richardson playing young Jean in the 1950s. |
| User ReviewJarryd RCerebral puzzler which never quite manages to engage despite the stallwart cast. |
| User Reviewjay nA strange and interesting British film. Another that affects the subconscious more than anything. A film about a mystery but is more a sombre moody character film. |
| User ReviewOctavianAn interesting build up and retracing of the steps leading up to the tragedy. This film however suffers from dull hanging in periods of tepid dialogue and useless plot development. Partially saved by solid acting, it nonetheless is not particularly memorable. |
| User ReviewScott AWow, was this boring...and confusing. It starts with a group of people, five of which being some true Hollywood legends, only younger, eating dinner and then the next morning the unfamous one, admits that he was neither a guest nor invited the night before and blows his head off. Nice gore effect bt the way. The rest of the film is sometimes the direct events leading up to the dinner, sometimes the events after dealing with the Police trying to find out why he killed himself, while there is also a good deal of flashbacks to when our hostess was a younger woman. I still have zero idea why he killed himself, or why showing her younger self basically being a slut had anything to do with it. Maybe it was explained, and I was too busy watching some paint dry? I did find it interesting that our lead is played by Vanessa Redgrave and her younger self is Joely Richardson; who would later end up being mother/daughter on Nip/Tuck, but that has nothing to do with this movie. Seeing younger versions of Redgrave, Holm, Dench and Wilkinson was nice, and dang Joley was crazy gorgeous as well(still is), but I just couldn't get into the story. Maybe someone can someday respond and explain what exactly happened? |