My Policeman (2022)

October 20, 2022 (GB) • Drama, Romance • 113m

Overview

In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.

Director

Michael Grandage

Writers

Bethan Roberts, Ron Nyswaner

Top Billed

Gina McKee

Keywords

based on novel or book lgbt gay theme

Where to watch

Free / Included

Amazon Prime Video

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Top Billed Cast

Gina McKee

Marion

Linus Roache

Tom

Rupert Everett

Patrick

Harry Styles

Younger Tom

Emma Corrin

Younger Marion

David Dawson

Younger Patrick

Kadiff Kirwan

Nigel

Emily John

Pamela

Dora Davis

Sylvie

Joseph Potter

Roy

Richard Dempsey

Librarian

Jae Alexander

Pianist London Café

Freya Mavor

Julia

Sean Jackson

Pedestrian

Maddie Rice

Jackie Stewart

Richard Cant

Rudy

Chris Ma

Pianist Argyle Bar

Lucy Briers

Miss Brown

Jack Bandeira

Leonard

Gareth Kennerley

Policeman in Alleyway

John Sandeman

Policeman in Alleyway

Nicholas Tennant

Gordon Burgess

Charlotte Randle

Mrs. Burgess

Patrick Brennan

Detective Inspector

Brian Martin

Police Constable

James Tucker

Duty Police Officer

Tristan Sturrock

Defense Counsel

Ian Drysdale

Prosecutor

Stefano Braschi

Jonathan

Harry Attwell

Prison Guard

Simon Shorten

Prison Cellmate

Michael Ayala-Cole

Teddy Boy (uncredited)

James Hare

Pier Visitor (uncredited)

Sarah Lockett

Teacher (uncredited)

Róisín Monaghan

Teacher (uncredited)

Andrew Tiernan

Bert (uncredited)

Crew

Ben Davis

Director of Photography

Caroline Levy

Executive Producer

Steven Price

Original Music Composer

Julie Harkin

Casting

Sam Stevenson

Casting

Maria Djurkovic

Production Design

Rob Harris

Set Production Assistant

David Rigley-Williamson

Special Effects Technician

Kevin Timon Hill

Art Direction

Hollie-Jo Allan

Makeup & Hair

Darren Rae

Colorist

Maimunah Yahkup

Dailies Operator

Jason Lawrence

Makeup & Hair

Chris Lyons

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Nadezha Volodeeva

Other

Jordan Altria

Dailies Operator

Paolo Magni

First Assistant Editor

Thora Woodward

First Assistant Editor

Josie Hire

Makeup Artist

Samuel James

Wigmaker

Callum Dawson

Crowd Assistant Director

Nicholas Daines

Stunt Coordinator

George Dowson

Other

Kate Wilson

Post Production Coordinator

Olivia Lloyd

Additional Photography

Jean Carlos de Blas

Makeup & Hair

Matt Loader

Special Effects Supervisor

David Newton

Stunt Double

Pia Brown-Stone

Assistant Makeup Artist

Filippo Fassetta

First Assistant Director

Toni Staples

First Assistant Director

Jan Zalar

Second Assistant Director

Joan Giacomin

Makeup Artist

Rachel Lisa

Makeup & Hair

Rebecca Mattson

Makeup & Hair

Sam J Woods

Props

Annie Symons

Costume Design

Daniel Philips

Makeup Designer

Sam Houseman

Crowd Assistant Director

Alessio David Ciattini

Dailies Manager

Zoe Cousins

Other

Christy Kail

Dailies Technician

Guiomar Alonso

Stunt Double

Eléonore Cremonese

Art Direction

Gloria Peñaranda

Makeup & Hair

Ritchie Beacham-Paterson

Special Effects Coordinator

Sinéad Cronin

Online Editor

Alfie McDonald

Other

Ana Magarão

Art Direction

Sian Duke

Makeup & Hair

Maurilio Lazzaro

Hairstylist

Lorna Gay Copp

Dressing Prop

Roddy McDonald

Assistant Editor

Katie Jude

Makeup & Hair

Sharon Trickett

Makeup & Hair

Jamie Burrows

Assistant Art Director

Jack Gardner

Carpenter

Phil Clark

Other

James Fennessy

Scenic Artist

Victoria Johnson

Draughtsman

Tristan Carlisle-Kitz

Property Master

Beth Kendrick

Graphic Designer

Patrick James Stephens

First Assistant Director

Joe Bench

Dressing Prop

Sullivan Cayless

Props

Alan Gilchrist

Dressing Prop

Tessa Flanagan

Assistant Art Director

Lottie McDowell

Art Direction

Emma Louise Fox

Online Editor

Massimo Pauletto

Art Direction

Claire Peerless

Art Direction

Lee Biggs

Carpenter

Rachel Lennon

Makeup Supervisor

Vlad Cirdeiu

Crowd Assistant Director

Olly Robinson

First Assistant Director

Isabella Faull

Assistant Set Decoration

Scott Richard Fensome

Props

Sarah Trundle

Construction Coordinator

Jamie Bench

Assistant Property Master

James Husbands

Storyboard Artist

Rob Bean

Concept Artist

Silvia Colafranceschi

Assistant Art Director

Hannah Davis

Art Department Assistant

Helen Dawson

Draughtsman

Dan Morgan

Supervising Sound Editor

Rose Noble

Art Department Coordinator

Matthew Swan

Dressing Prop

Jennie Shea

ADR Recordist

Mark Michaels

Visual Effects Supervisor

Pamela M. Rogers

Props

Scott Rogers

Property Master

Paul Hanks

Foley Artist

Marta Errera

Visual Effects

Eve Shillingford

Other

Ian Wilson

Supervising Sound Editor

Johnathan Rush

Other

Julian Bale

Second Assistant Sound

Mark Simpson

Other

Dean Moran

Carpenter

Christopher Atkinson

First Assistant Sound Editor

Peter Lindsay

Production Sound Mixer

Milos Stojanovic

ADR Recordist

Simon Trundle

Foley

Jack Wensley

ADR Mixer

Shania Gharagozlou

Visual Effects Coordinator

Felipe Manzur

Digital Compositor

Elena Sani

Video Assist Operator

Sarah Rollason

First Assistant "B" Camera

Nicolò Ramella

Second Assistant "A" Camera

Charles Gillies

Set Costumer

Natalie MacDonald

Digital Compositor

Alma Prieto

Visual Effects

Margherita Ballarin

Digital Compositor

Michael Celadena

Visual Effects

Zafer Ercevik

Digital Compositor

Frank Hanna

Digital Compositor

jack wood

Visual Effects Producer

Alexandra Médeville

Second Assistant "B" Camera

Sian Fenner

Visual Effects Coordinator

Elliot Donovan

Visual Effects

Nina Mangold

Second Assistant "A" Camera

Michelle Ryan

Camera Operator

Rae Hendrie

Casting Associate

Bradley Farmer

Music Editor

Parisa Taghizadeh

Still Photographer

Alex Teale

First Assistant "B" Camera

John Marzano

Aerial Director of Photography

Alex Dias

Other

Onx Narang

Gaffer

Sue Casey

Principal Costumer

Tom Aldcroft

Helicopter Camera

Tom Gough

Digital Imaging Technician

Gareth Cousins

Scoring Mixer

Rebecca Higginson

Principal Costumer

Mike Lee

Costume Standby

David Cozens

First Assistant "A" Camera

Miles A. Fletcher

Pilot

Jill Streater

Other

Jovana Gospavic

Assistant Costume Designer

Ilaria Mosca

Other

Jason Alex

Best Boy Grip

Michael Green

First Assistant "A" Camera

Adam Harris

Additional Camera

Elizabeth Himelstein

Dialect Coach

Paolo Frasson

Key Grip

Tina Pawlik

Line Producer

Yvonne Duckett

Costume Supervisor

Rick James

Other

Other

Matt Kelly

Assistant Production Coordinator

Jessica Yang

Ron Nyswaner

Screenplay

Lauren Mullally

Visual Effects Editor

Steve Single

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Reviews

Manuel São Bento

⭐ 2/10

October 23, 2022

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"My Policeman lacks everything: energy, surprises, good performances, and an interesting story.

A hollow, dull, instantly forgettable movie that fails to deliver anything of merit. Harry Styles reveals many problems when a scene needs to be carried by him, even turning dramatic moments into laughable line deliveries. The older cast saves t… read the rest.

CinemaSerf

⭐ 7/10

October 25, 2022

I was rather nervous about seeing this film. After his lacklustre "debut" in "Don't Worry Darling" I feared that Harry Styles was just going to turn up, smile, get naked, and that would be that. Well, to be fair, we have quite a bit more here in this engaging drama. David Dawson is also quite effective as art gallery curator "Patrick" who takes a bit of a shine to policeman "Tom" (Styles) after a cycle incident. The latter shows some interest in art and agrees to be drawn (in full constable's uniform). Nervous, "Patrick" gives his visitor some Scotch and well, you can imagine the rest. The thing is, of course, the UK in the 1950s was still pretty homophobic, and their behaviour must be clandestine to say the least. Simultaneously, "Tom" is trying to conform with a relationship with, and marriage to, "Marion" (Emma Corrin) but gradually she becomes aware that Princess Diana wasn't the only person to have three people in her marriage. Reported, somehow, to the authorities, "Patrick" faces ruin and violent imprisonment. This historical story is set within a rather less interesting template of modern day life, with the recently stroke-affected "Patrick" (a strong, if largely dialogue-free, effort from Rupert Everett) coming to live with the now going-through-the-motions "Marion" (Gina McKee) - whose reading of the invalid man's diaries provides us with the basis for the retrospective - and "Tom" (Linus Roache) and this rather downbeat scenario rather robs the film of any jeopardy and also drags the pace down into something akin to the soporific. Styles is not yet a very good actor. His frequent kissing scenes are quite clumsy to watch and he speaks in a sort of clipped manner suggesting the elocution people have got at him, but there is still something natural about his performance here. He gels well with the accomplished theatre actor Dawson, and the increasingly disaffected "Marion" is well portrayed by Corrin - all delivering a script that does enough to set the scene. It's a stylish production. Amazon have clearly thrown some money at it and combined with a pleasing score from Steven Price this presents us with a better than expected love story with just enough political sense to alert us to the difficulties faced by gay men as recently as 1957. Styles' participation in this movie is bound to raise the profile of the persecution culture that existed then, and still exists in many nations around the world now - and for that he also ought to be commended. It's a solid film, not a great one - but it is certainly worth a gander.

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My Policeman (2022)

Bethan Roberts, Ron Nyswaner

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