The read
Critics rate it 34 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 76% of the 6,766 2020s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 19m.
Synopsis
Sussex, England, 1938. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Thomasina and Martha Hanbury, two ingenious sisters, create LOLA, a miraculous machine.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Critics rate it 34 points higher than audiences do.
120 audience votes
Key crew
- Andrew LeggeDirector
- Angeli MacfarlaneScreenplay
- Andrew LeggeScreenplay
- Neil HannonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Emma AppletonThomasina Hanbury
- Stefanie MartiniMartha Hanbury
- Rory Fleck-ByrneLt. Sebastian Holloway
- Aaron MonaghanMajor. Henry Cobcroft
- Theodora Brabazon LeggeYoung Thomasina Hanbury
- Francesca Brabazon LeggeYoung Martha Hanbury
- Eva O'BrienTeenage Thomasina
- Chacha SeigneLola Hanbury
- Shaun BoylanReginald Watson
- Neil HannonReginald Watson (voice)
- Lorcan CranitchMajor. General Norbury
- Ian TonerGerman Soldier at Checkpoint
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Themes
sibling relationshipdystopiaworld war iitime machinefound footageanti-nazi resistancealternate timelineorphan siblingsunintended consequencesanti-naziuchroniawhimsical
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