Empire of Light

2022

Action / Drama / Romance

34
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 44% · 262 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 74% · 50 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 27674 27.7K

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Plot summary

The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.

Director

Sam Mendes Photo
Sam Mendes

Top cast

Colin Firth Photo
Colin Firth as Donald Ellis
Olivia Colman Photo
Olivia Colman as Hilary
Toby Jones Photo
Toby Jones as Norman
Justin Edwards Photo
Justin Edwards as Jim Booth
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23.976 fps
1 hr 54 min
Seeds 6
2.12 GB
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English 5.1
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23.976 fps
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1.03 GB
1280*536
English 2.0
R
Subtitles us  es  fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 54 min
Seeds 3
2.12 GB
1920*804
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Subtitles us  es  fr  
23.976 fps
1 hr 54 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Manuel São Bento 6 / 10

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FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://www.msbreviews.com/movie-reviews/empire-of-light-spoiler-free-review-lff-2022 "Empire of Light works best as a love letter to the art of filmmaking and the theater experience. Brilliant performances. Astonishing to behold. Emotional to listen to - score is the technical highlight. Not so captivating narratively, considering that Sam Mendes' first solo script lacks depth in the most important themes. It's a beautiful tribute to the magic of cinema that cinephiles will enjoy, but for viewers less passionate about the 7th art, it might be difficult to genuinely care." Rating: B-
Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

Hilary" (Olivia Colman) is the shift leader at

"Hilary" (Olivia Colman) is the shift leader at a grand old cinema living a routine life and largely just going through the motions each day. When the young "Stephen" (a strong and engaging performance from Micheal Ward) arrives, she takes him on a tour of the building and that takes them to the upper echelons of the building - now disused - where they discover an injured pigeon. They also discover something else, and soon are having bit of a clandestine affair. Thing is, she's also having one of those with her boss "Ellis" (Colin Firth) and keeping secrets amongst her small team isn't the easiest! Things come to an head, however, when some fascist thugs are marauding down the local esplanade and they see the young man through the locked doors. Soon, he is in hospital and everyone is having to re-evaluate their relationships and priorities - and it's at this point that "Hilary" comes off the rails a little. Years of resentment and frustration - coupled with a bit of booze - all come to the fore just as her young friend comes to some conclusions about his own future too! Toby Jones is wonderful here as the projectionist, allowing the intensity of the personal stories to be diffused with a nostalgic look back at just how (even as recently as the 1980s) films were synched from a series of projectors, with cue dots and played from reels. He ("Norman") even demonstrates to the enthusiastic young "Stephen" as we go. The themes of racism, tolerance, ageism and ignorance are never far from the surface, though, and essentially this film is a cleverly nuanced piece of drama that uses a cinema - itself a conduit for so many different aspects of human life and behaviour - to serve as the focus for a brief observation of two lives that overlap for a while. It does have some sentiment to it - but for me that was about the old days of cinema gone by; otherwise this is a complex and thought-provoking look at life in Mrs. Thatcher's Britain long before she had had any real chance to mould it...
Reviewed by df16699n 8 / 10

Empire of Life

This film has a lot going for it. Colman and Ward have tremendous on screen chemistry portraying characters facing difficult yet different obstacles in their lives. Mental health and race are heavy themes in this film and it takes human connections and support from your friends to get through these obstacles. Hilary (Colman) was struggling to get through her every day life until she meets Stephen (Ward) and together they form a strong bond and help each other get through some difficult personal moments. I love this film taking place in a movie theater and the relationships between the workers was written perfectly. Genuine relationships provide us with a light in our life and helps us get by and this film is all about the importance of genuine friendships. The score was phenomenal as usually by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, and Roger Deakins came through again with outstanding cinematography. Sam Mendes is a great director and he did a nice job with the script as well. Lastly, the production design was absolutely terrific, the movie theater where this was filmed was beautiful and the roof of the theater was truly amazing, truly stunning.

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