In 1819 a cavalry charge on a peaceful protest at St. Peter's Field in Manchester, England, results in the Peterloo Massacre.
Release Date: April 5th, 2019
PG-13 |2 hr 34 min
Plot SummaryIn 1819 a cavalry charge on a peaceful protest at St. Peter's Field in Manchester, England, results in the Peterloo Massacre.
Cast: Rory Kinnear, Maxine Peake, Neil Bell, Philip Jackson, Vincent Franklin, Karl Johnson, Tim McInnerny, David Bamber
Director: Mike Leigh
Genres: Historical drama
Production Co: Film4, Thin Man Films, Amazon Studios, British Film Institute, BFI Film Fund
This magnificently-realised film moves from feeling like a long, dry history lesson to becoming an angrily-direct and emotional tribute to the reformers of the past. show more
The intent is noble and the attention to detail admirable, but the overall effect is obstinately unmoving. show more
Peterloo so simply recounts the details of its subject matter that its culminating horror unsettlingly feels like little more than a cathartic inevitability. show more
