The Winslow Boy . Tucson Weekly . 07-05-99

The Winslow Boy

DIRECTED BY: David Mamet

REVIEWED: 07-05-99

David Mamet's first stab at directing someone else's story is a smashing success that will have almost no appeal for American audiences. There's no sex, no violence, and the surface plot about a young boy accused of theft is there merely as a distraction from the real story about a 29-year-old woman who must marry in order to survive in 1920s England. Her story is left largely unresolved, with only subtle hints at its outcome, and one of the major plot motivators is never revealed to the audience--each time it comes up the characters whisper inaudibly to each other. While this will no doubt infuriate or bore most Hollywood-trained theater-goers, it is Mamet at his best, dealing with the difficulties of rule-based human relationships, and it deserves a wider audience than it will no doubt get. Starring the impeccable Rebecca Pidgeon and the delectable Jeremy Northam.

--James DiGiovanna

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