HARD TRUTHS – Review by Diane Carson
Hard Truths dramatizes a brittle, angry British woman, Most people most of the time suppress the urge to verbally assault others, however tempting the impulse. Polite exchange usually wins out. Well, meet Pansy Deacon whose social graces appear nonexistent in writer/director Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths. In a magnificent, courageous performance, Marianne Jean-Baptiste manages to reveal Pansy’s pain amidst her outbursts.
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