History’s most unlikely friendship.
Cast |
Judi Dench, Olivia Williams, Michael Gambon, Simon Callow, Ali Fazal, Eddie Izzard, Adeel Akhtar |
Director |
Stephen Frears |
Screenplay | Lee Hall, from the book by Shrabani Basu |
Music | Thomas Newman |
Cinematography | Danny Cohen |
Editing | Melanie Oliver |
Soundtrack | Available |
Made in | 2017 |
Produced by | BBC Films, Cross Street Films, Perfect World Pictures, Working Title Films |
IMDB page | CommonSenseMedia Report
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Genre | Biographical drama |
Language | Mild to moderate, infrequent |
Nudity | None |
Sex | None |
Violence | Low, very infrequent |
Prejudice | Fairly frequent, low impact |
Blasphemy | None |
Drug abuse | None |
Comments | |
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PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned | Rated PG-13 for some thematic elements and language |
Runtime | 112 |
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ. |
Suggested age limit 11 + |
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Scale (Max) | 20 | ![]() |
What the Critics say | ||
Cape Argus / The Star Masego Panyane ![]() | 10 | ![]() |
Die Burger Paul Boekkooi ![]() | 15 | ![]() |
Cape Times Mehboob Bawa ![]() | 10 | ![]() |
24.com Gabi Zietsman ![]() | 15 | ![]() |
Metacritic.com 25 critics | 12 | ![]() |
Rottentomatoes critics 88 critics | 12 | ![]() |
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer ![]() | 13 | ![]() |
CommonSenseMedia Sandie Angulo Chen ![]() | 10 | ![]() |
What the People say | ||
Rottentomatoes users 3619 users | 12 | ![]() |
IMDB 154 Netizens | 12 | ![]() |
Average .. 61% | 12 | ![]() |