New US Trailer for Buckley & Colman’s Comedy ‘Wicked Little Letters’
by Alex Billington
January 31, 2024
Source: YouTube
“It’s time you owned up to these letters!” Sony Pictures Classics has revealed a new official US trailer for a British comedy called Wicked Little Letters, described as a “scandalously sweary” film from filmmaker Thea Sharrock (Me Before You and The One & Only Ivan). This premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival last year, and now has US release dates set – in NY & LA on March 29th and nationwide on April 5th this spring. Small town. Big mystery. Bad language. When people in Littlehampton – including conservative local Edith – begin to receive letters full of hilariously harsh profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspecting something is amiss, the town’s women investigate. Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley star as Edith and Rose, respectively, with Timothy Spall, Gemma Jones, Lolly Adefope, and Anjana Vasan. This does look hilarious! Reviews from TIFF praise the film saying: “The central pairing of Buckley and Colman is clearly the swear-off of the century, like a home-counties rumble in the jungle, but Wicked Little Letters has just as much else to recommend it.” I’m so in for this! Check out the trailer below.
Here’s the official US trailer (+ UK poster) for Thea Sharrock’s Wicked Little Letters, from YouTube:
You can rewatch the original UK trailer for Sharrock’s Wicked Little Letters right here for more footage.
A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a dark and absurd scandal in this riotous mystery comedy. Based on a stranger than fiction true story, the film follows two neighbours: deeply conservative local Edith Swan (Olivia Colman) and rowdy Irish migrant Rose Gooding (Jessie Buckley). When Edith and her fellow residents begin to receive wicked letters full of unintentionally hilarious profanities, foul-mouthed Rose is charged with the crime. The sweary anonymous letters quickly prompt a national uproar, and a trial ensues. However, as the town’s women – led by Police Officer Gladys Moss (Anjana Vasan) – begin to investigate the crime themselves, they come to suspect that something is amiss, and Rose may not be the culprit after all. Wicked Little Letters is directed by English theater director / filmmaker Thea Sharrock, director of the films Me Before You and The One & Only Ivan previously. The screenplay is written by Jonny Sweet. Produced by Graham Broadbent, Olivia Colman, Peter Czernin, Ed Sinclair, Jo Wallett. This initially premiered at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival last year. Studiocanal opens Wicked Little Letters in the UK on February 23rd, 2024. SPC debuts in the US in limited theaters (NY & LA) on March 29th, wide in April.