On Chesil Beach
A drama story that contains romantic tale between a couple who love each other much. Although they are from different social levels, the have planned to get marry. In the wedding, their cultures don't get in touch as the party turns to a night of embarrassment, tension and pessimism.
14 March 1942, Garston, Liverpool, England, UK
1985, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England, UK
14 February 1952, Birmingham, England, UK
19 June 1966, Hammersmith, London, England, UK
22 July 1997, London, England, UK
9 November 1989, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
June 25, 2018
Saoirse Ronan soars over the attempt to adapt an impossible love [story]. [Full review in Spanish]
June 22, 2018
The structure crafts a view of class and sex that's inquisitive and thorough, but its ambitious reach exceeds its grasp, and it certainly makes it clear that it was helmed and written by men.
June 18, 2018
The staging is worthy of a BBC TV movie, all slow, all measured. [Full Review in Spanish]
July 03, 2018
Saoirse Ronan is sublime. [Full Review in Spanish]
May 25, 2018
What a prestigious, understated, classy inducement to take a nap.
July 18, 2018
...crackerjack script, and performances from the two leads which amount to a master class in great acting.
May 24, 2018
There's splendid acting across the board and assured direction by Cooke, a stage veteran making his feature debut...
June 01, 2018
What had been impossibly sweet becomes simply impossible, and old-fashioned mores prove unsuited to the task of navigating the emotional morass.
June 29, 2018
It is very difficult to adapt the prose in McEwan's work, however On Chesil Beach is notable in this feat. [Full Review in Spanish]
June 01, 2018
"On Chesil Beach" clumsily deals with the issues it addresses.
May 24, 2018
What worked on the page, more or less, struggles on screen...
June 04, 2018
"On Chesil Beach" is PBS-tasteful in its approach, but its power rests in a restraint that makes what it builds to all the more moving.
