By Bob Bloom The following titles are being released on Tuesday, Nov. 3, unless otherwise noted: Misbehaviour (Blu-ray) Details: 2020, Shout! Studios Rated: Not rated The lowdown: This movie dramatizes the disruption of the 1970 Miss World pageant by the Women’s Liberation Movement and the crowning of the pageant’s first woman of color. The movie, set mostly in London where the pageant is to be held, spotlights the misogyny and patriarchal attitudes of men and the women who decide to take a stand against them. Keira Knightley plays Sally, a single mom, who eventually gravitates to the movement. Jessica Buckley is Jo, one of the movement’s leaders, while Gugu Mbatha-Raw portrays Jennifer, one of the very few black contestants. The movie, directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, is based on a screenplay is by two women, Rebecca Frayn and Gaby Chiappe. The movie also costars Greg Kinnear as Bob Hope and Rhys Ifans as the TV show’s producer. Kinnear portrays Hope as a sexist womanizer, whose wife, Dolores, portrayed by Lesley Manville, silently tolerates his actions. The movie garnered an 83 percent fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes.
New to View: Nov. 3
New to View: Nov. 3
New to View: Nov. 3
By Bob Bloom The following titles are being released on Tuesday, Nov. 3, unless otherwise noted: Misbehaviour (Blu-ray) Details: 2020, Shout! Studios Rated: Not rated The lowdown: This movie dramatizes the disruption of the 1970 Miss World pageant by the Women’s Liberation Movement and the crowning of the pageant’s first woman of color. The movie, set mostly in London where the pageant is to be held, spotlights the misogyny and patriarchal attitudes of men and the women who decide to take a stand against them. Keira Knightley plays Sally, a single mom, who eventually gravitates to the movement. Jessica Buckley is Jo, one of the movement’s leaders, while Gugu Mbatha-Raw portrays Jennifer, one of the very few black contestants. The movie, directed by Philippa Lowthorpe, is based on a screenplay is by two women, Rebecca Frayn and Gaby Chiappe. The movie also costars Greg Kinnear as Bob Hope and Rhys Ifans as the TV show’s producer. Kinnear portrays Hope as a sexist womanizer, whose wife, Dolores, portrayed by Lesley Manville, silently tolerates his actions. The movie garnered an 83 percent fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes.