Ruth Wilson‘s “absorbing” British drama True Things has found a new streaming home in the UK.
Adapted from Deborah Kay Davies’ novel True Things About Me, the 2021 movie has now been added to the BBC’s streaming service BBC iPlayer, where it can be viewed for free.
Starring Wilson alongside Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga star Tom Burke, True Things follows Wilson as an office worker named Kate who becomes romantically involved with a mysterious male benefits claimant, played by Burke.
The synopsis reads: “Kate Perkin, a single woman in her early thirties, works in a benefits office in the English coastal town of Ramsgate. A moment of flirtation with a male claimant initially seems like a mere blip in her routine.
“But when the man shows up to meet her at the end of her working day, Kate finds herself propelled headlong into a liaison that displaces every other priority in her life.”
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Written and directed by Harry Wootliff, True Things stars Hayley Squires, Elizabeth Rider, Frank McCusker, and Ann Firbank alongside Wilson and Burke.
In a review of the movie, Deadline called it “an absorbing, character-driven film that explores female sensuality and longing in all its complexity — and whatever your gender or preferences, its vexing central relationship may well ring a bell.”
The film has an impressive score of 79% on Rotten Tomatoes from 68 reviews, with critics praising the lead actors’ performances and its director Wootliff.
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The Guardian‘s Mark Kermode said: “Wilson (who optioned and developed the source book) engages the audience on a visceral level, her deceptively low-key performance taking us deep inside her character’s dreams, desires and insecurities.”
“Wootliff and Wilson create a central character who is irrational, sometimes infuriating, but always intensely sympathetic,” said The Times.
The Wrap described the film as “a raw and passionate look at the type of love that can be both all-encompassing and destructive, passionate and dangerous.”
True Things is available to stream for free right now on BBC iPlayer in the UK.
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