Hard Truths
drama
153
Stimulating
Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention
Score Breakdown
Cognitive Stimulation/50
42
Educational Value/50
30
Craft & Quality/50
44
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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The TVI Take
Mike Leigh reunites with Marianne Jean-Baptiste for a blistering portrait of a woman consumed by rage. Careful social observation of mental illness, family obligation, and Black British domestic life.
The characteristic Leigh workshop process produces raw, discomfiting naturalism.
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