Save the Cinema (2022)

★ 6.2 1h 49m IMDb

The true story of Liz Evans, a hairdresser and leader of a youth theatre in Carmarthen, Wales, who began a campaign in 1993 to save the Lyric theatre from closure. Alongside then Mayor of Carmarthen Richard Goodridge, they enlisted the help of Steven Spielberg, securing a special premiere of Jurassic Park.

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Cast

Samantha Morton
Samantha Morton as Liz Evans Age 48 · Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK Samantha Jane Morton (born 1977) is an English actress. She is known for her work in independent films with dark and tragic themes, in particular period dramas. She has received numerous accolades, in...
Tom Felton
Tom Felton as Richard Goodridge Age 38 · Kensington, London, England, UK Thomas Andrew Felton (born September 22, 1987) is an English actor who played Draco Malfoy in the film adaptations of the best-selling Harry Potter fantasy novels by J. K. Rowling. Born in Surrey, Fe...
Jonathan Pryce
Jonathan Pryce as Mr. Morgan Age 78 · Carmel, Flintshire, Wales, UK Jonathan Pryce, CBE (born June 1, 1947) is a Welsh stage and film actor and singer. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance in the 2019 film "The Two Popes." After studying at the R...
Owain Yeoman
Owain Yeoman as David Evans Age 47 · Chepstow, Wales, UK Owain Yeoman (born July 2, 1978) is a Welsh actor. His credits include The Nine, Kitchen Confidential and the HBO series, Generation Kill. He is known for his role as Agent Wayne Rigsby in The Mentali...
Susan Wokoma
Susan Wokoma as Dolly Age 38 · Southwark, London, England Susan "Susie" Indiaba Wokoma (born 31 December 1987 in Southwark, London, England) is an award-winning British actress of Nigerian descent. She is best known for her roles as "Raquel" in the E4/Netfli...
Jason Hughes
Jason Hughes as Aled Age 54 · Porthcawl, Wales, UK Jason Hughes is a Welsh actor best known for playing Sergeant Ben Jones in the ITV series Midsomer Murders (2005–2013) and for the BBC drama This Life (1996–1997) in which he played lawyer Warren Jone...

Audience Reviews

r96sk 5/10 Jul 14, 2022
A pretty cool true story, but the film itself? Rather poor.

<em>'Save the Cinema'</em> is simply too on the nose for my liking, it's cringey in a fair few bits and even pretentious in others. It does have a good cast, though that aside it struggles to get away from the fact that it feels like a made-for-television Christmas-esque movie - literally so with the plot.

Samantha Morton, Jonathan Pryce and Tom Felton are as solid as you'd expect, though the Welsh accents kept taking me out of it - Pryce was born in Wales admittedly, yet even his accent sounded off... might just be me though. I didn't overly like any of that trio's, or their co-star's tbh, performances though, I just like Morton/Pryce/Felton from others things more than anything.

I wouldn't say this is a bad film, it's just a really lousy one in my opinion. I could see it finding an audience though.

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