Postcards From London

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Postcards From London

2018

1h 29m

Drama

LGBTQ+

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A teenage boy dreams of being rich and famous as he embarks on a journey from his hometown to London.

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Catherine Drake

Little White Lies

11/23/2018

3/5

It's worth it for Harris Dickinson and you won't have seen anything like it.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

11/22/2018

3/5

Here is a diverting, self-conscious fantasy sketch of gay life and gay sensibility composed of what the film-maker imagines or remembers of bygone Soho's lost bohemianism.

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

11/22/2018

Despite a skillful use of color, lighting, framing and music, the movie's artificiality might have played in a short film but becomes tedious and pretentious when stretched to 90 minutes.

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Kat Halstead

Common Sense Media

May 14

Dickinson himself is a strong pull, both visually and in terms of his acting prowess, but even though he does what he can with the material, there's just not enough substance there to make much of an impact.

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Ben Turner

The Pink Lens

09/01/2021

4/5

There is a slick coolness to its unabashed insistence in being only symbolic of the city it namechecks in its title.

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CJ Sheu

The News Lens International

06/27/2020

McLean has a keen eye for the visual and the plastic, but on the evidence ... he's somewhat lacking with regard to the narrative and performance arts.

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TheMovieSearch R

@TheMovieSearch Jan 25

Postcards from London is a creative and visually striking film that falls between engaging and overwhelming. It is not bad and it is worth watching once, but it never becomes something that invites a revisit. The story focuses on people obsessed with reenacting historical fantasies for others, blurring art, identity, and transactional intimacy. It plays like a form of male escorting without ever naming itself, creating an intentionally uneasy tone. Harris Dickinson delivers a committed performance, bringing sincerity and emotional weight to the role, even if his frequent casting in sexually ambiguous stories feels repetitive. The screenplay is the biggest obstacle. It is extremely wordy and often confusing, relying on dense dialogue and constant back and forth that demands full attention. Rather than flowing naturally, the film feels like something you must study to understand. Worth seeing.Once

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Paul T

@RT04152652 Aug 28

I liked this film, tho maybe I'm bias because I like Harris Dickinson

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06/09/2019

Didn't understand this movie at all, too arty (I hate arty!) Harris Dickinson is as beautiful as ever though.

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Jerod S

@jeroduptown 06/01/2019

Attempted to do more than it was capable of. These guys passing off 'intelligent sex' wasn't as insightful as they had wanted.

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02/23/2019

Caravaggio would be proud of - in fact, I think if he were reincarnated into this lifetime he would BE the protagonist! Who, by the way, is played superbly. Truly he is both within and outside of the art. His character, being adored for his beauty, is authentically tortured because of it. The art history references are both dead-serious and light-hearted at times. And the story moves just like any great work of art: light, dark, contrast, highlight, a touch of color - masterpiece.

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Synopsis

A teenage boy dreams of being rich and famous as he embarks on a journey from his hometown to London.

Director: Steve McLean
Producer: Soledad Gatti-Pascual
Screenwriter: Steve McLean
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Production Co: Strand Releasing, Diablo Films, BFI Film Fund
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 9, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 29, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.3K
Runtime: 1h 29m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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