On Chesil Beach
2017 · Movie · R · 110 min · ★ 6.1 · 65% critics
In early-1960s England, a newly married young couple arrives at the coast expecting a perfect start, but private fears and strict social expectations make intimacy difficult. As memories of their courtship surface, their relationship is tested by miscommunication, shame, and the pressures of a changing era.
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2018-01-19
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Critic score
- 65/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (387 votes)
About
You may like this if you want a quiet, emotionally heavy period romance about intimacy, regret, and social pressure, in the vein of Ammonite; Not for you if you need fast pacing, light humor, or clear-cut catharsis.
Pros: thoughtful look at sexuality; strong lead performances; evocative period atmosphere | Cons: slow pace for some; clunky or stilted dialogue; backstory can drag
Themes
- sexual abuse
- based on novel or book
- frigidity
- honeymoon
- sexual revolution
- newlywed
- 1960s
- dorset
- fear of intimacy
Cast & crew
Saoirse Ronan
as Florence Ponting
Billy Howle
as Edward Mayhew
Anne-Marie Duff
as Marjorie Mayhew
Adrian Scarborough
as Lionel Mayhew
Emily Watson
as Violet Ponting
Samuel West
as Geoffrey Ponting
Andy Burse
as Waiter One
Rasmus Hardiker
as Waiter Two
- MB
Mia Burgess
as Harriet Mayhew
- AB
Anna Burgess
as Anne Mayhew
Directed by Dominic Cooke