Second Coming (2014 film)

Second Coming is a 2014 British drama film directed by debbie tucker green. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.

Second Coming
Directed bydebbie tucker green
Produced byPolly Leys
Kate Norrish
Written bydebbie tucker green
StarringIdris Elba
Nadine Marshall
Music byLuke Sutherland
CinematographyUla Pontikos
Edited byMark Eckersley
Production
company
Hillbilly Films
Distributed byFilm4
BFI
Film Movement
Release date
  • 7 September 2014 (2014-09-07) (Toronto International Film Festival)
  • 5 June 2015 (2015-06-05)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$235,861[1]

Premise

At the start of the film Jackie is 8 weeks pregnant. She is morose and uncommunicative, seemingly unable to tell partner Mark about the pregnancy. Mark learns of it from their son Jerome, who appears to have found out intuitively. It is implied she had difficult multiple pregnancies before having Jerome which might be the reason for her depression which grows to include intense morbid dreams.

Cast

Release

Second Coming premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2014 and is distributed by Film Movement in the US.[2] It was released on DVD in the UK, on 6 July 2015.[3]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 76% based on reviews from 21 critics.[4]

Variety praised the film, saying: "Idris Elba and Nadine Marshall excel in Debbie Tucker Green's oblique, engrossing psychodrama."[5]

The Guardian awarded it four out of five stars, saying: "The pure fear that Marshall wordlessly suggests is superb."[6]

The Telegraph awarded it three out of five stars, saying: "while this is an uneven, imperfect film, it's still an unusual and interesting one: a slice of modern British bleakness, with just enough strangeness to keep things fresh."[7]

Empire awarded it three out of five stars, calling it: "A soulful drama that heralds the arrival of a new voice in British cinema."[8]

The London Evening Standard also awarded it three out of five stars, saying: "Thank goodness for Idris Elba, whose beauty and star power will ensure this brazenly weird romantic drama from London playwright Debbie Tucker Green doesn’t get brushed aside."[9]

Time Out awarded it four out of five stars, saying" "‘Second Coming’ is sometimes confusing, but always compelling and often powerful."[10]

Awards

The film was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.[11]

References
  1. "Second Coming international box office". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. Siegel, Tatiana (18 May 2015). "Cannes: Idris Elba Drama 'Second Coming' Lands U.S. Home at Film Movement (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  3. Second Coming (DVD ed.). 2015. ASIN B00UBM9AX0. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  4. "Second Coming". Rotten Tomatoes. 23 March 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  5. Barker, Andrew (11 September 2014). "Second Coming Review". Variety. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  6. Bradshaw, Peter (4 June 2015). "Second Coming Review". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  7. Hawkes, Rebecca (4 June 2015). "Second Coming Review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  8. Crooke, Simon (24 May 2015). "Second Coming Review". Empire magazine. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  9. O'Sullivan, Charlotte (5 June 2015). "Second Coming Review". The London Evening Standard. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  10. Calhoun, Dave (1 June 2015). "Second Coming Review". Time Out. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  11. "Second Coming Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
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