Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

— I waited until this was available on DVD to see it. Thank you Annette Bening, for making the most of any role. As an aging, unravelling actress, she has just the right mix of elegance and fear, and of boldness and uncertainty. Jamie Bell deserves some credit too for his own uncertainties as her somewhat unlikely younger lover, but it is Bening who shines. It’s worth seeing even if the script has less depth than the performance.

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[2017. 105 min. Directed by Paul McGulgan. Starring Annette Bening, Jamie Bell, Kenneth Cranham, and Julie Walters.]
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