My daughter said she'd never been to a film before where the audience didn't start getting up to leave as soon as the closing credits began to roll. On the contrary, last night on the opening night of 'Suffragette' at the Odeon, Uxbridge, the entire audience stayed sitting in a kind of respectful silence right up until the camera operators' credits. That was the case the whole way through the film.
It's one of those films that everyone should see - our daughters and our sons. Perhaps particularly our sons. Apart from the stunning performances of the likes of Meryl Streep and Carey Mulligan, the film is edited to provide just the right balance of horror - there are some harrowing moments - and historical resonance. So many different perspectives of the time from 1912 until the sacrifice of Emily Wilding Davison in 1913 are represented here - from the factory owner to the protagonist's husband, the police and the government.
Go see it - it's a keeper!
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