Drama Archives

Emma Thompson graces “Leo Grande” with her presence.

Thompson steals the movie, running through a gamut of emotions from anger, fear and sadness, to moments of sheer bliss.

The problems are with the Lafferty family. Their scenes are in flashbacks and all of those sons, wives and children can get pretty confusing.

Davies’ dialogue is irritatingly precious and the scenes begin to resemble tableaux vivants with Sassoon disappearing into the background.

Only Makis Papadimitriou, a writer who has been hired to document the institute’s proceedings in both images and words, gains our sympathy.

The weeks pass and Anne begins to “show'”. Time is running out. Any attempt at a back street abortion is becoming increasingly dangerous.