Portraits of Dangerous Women describes itself as a British comedy drama.
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by Alexa DalbyPortraits of Dangerous Women
CAUTION: Here be spoilers
Four strangers meet in a road accident in (bland Sussex countryside) and strike up an unexpected friendship which changes their lives. That’s part of the synopsis, which misleadingly makes the film sound quite intriguing.
However, I hope I will never find running over and killing someone’s dog funny (the premise that brings the women together).
This alleged comedy drama is neither comic nor dramatic. Nothing and no one in this disjointed film bears any relation to real people or their reactions or their behaviour or how they speak to each other.
Portraits of Dangerous Women is directed by Pascal Bergamin, co-written with Stephan Teuwissen, and (doing the best they can in the circumstances) the actors who play its three disparate leading characters are Tara Fitzgerald, Jeany Spark, Yasmin Monet Prince (a Screen Star of Tomorrow). Mark Lewis Jones plays the art gallery-owning father.
Although it may possibly imply that all women may be dangerous, this sadly dated and classist film doesn’t live up to its title.
For a more detailed analysis, see The Conversation
Portraits of Dangerous Women is released on 11 October 2024 in the UK.
