Two superstars, two intimate character dramas — but which one should you watch now?
Corrin and Dawson, in particular, do a ton of heavy lifting when it comes to the film’s emotionally complex central dynamic. Blending witty confidence with tender vulnerability, Dawson’s dazzling performance as Patrick speaks to a whole generation of gay men who strove to live as authentically as possible, even at a time when that authenticity could get them arrested or killed. The tragedy of the film is that Tom sees no path to do the same for himself.
The best he can do is encourage Marion and Patrick to join him in a sort of Three Musketeers-style friendship — one where they regularly paint the town red at lively dinner parties and cultural events. But in Tom’s almost childlike desire to integrate the public and private halves of his life, he can’t see just how cruel this setup is to Marion in particular, a throughline McKee picks up beautifully in the 1990s timeline.
GINA MCKEE and RUPERT EVERETT star in MY POLICEMAN Photo: PARISA TAGHIZADEH © AMAZON CONTENT SERVICES LLCThough gentle in tone, "My Policeman" understands the bitter human cost of repression. And that’s a big part of what makes Styles’ casting so frustrating. An intentional cipher, Tom is meant to represent the pinnacle of stoic, conventional 1950s masculinity.
Indeed, it’s not that Styles is bad so much as he’s fundamentally miscast. His sweet puppy dog portrayal of Tom is largely at odds with a character who’s regularly described as a sort of strappingly conventional himbo. And though Styles has some nice moments of chemistry with Corrin and especially Dawson, the film can’t shake the oddness of his casting — a problem that also plagued his role in
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