The true story of Liz Evans, a hairdresser and leader of a youth theatre in Carmarthen, Wales, who began a campaign in 1993 to save the Lyric theatre from closure. Alongside then Mayor of Carmarthen Richard Goodridge, they enlisted the help of Steven Spielberg, securing a special premiere of Jurassic Park.
| Tagline | A future worth fighting for. |
| Release Date: | Jan 14, 2022 |
| Genres: | Drama, Comedy |
| Production Company: | Sky Cinema, FAE Film and Television, Head Gear Films, Kreo Films, Metrol Technology, Future Artists Entertainment |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Casts: | Samantha Morton, Tom Felton, Jonathan Pryce, Owain Yeoman, Susan Wokoma, Jason Hughes, Rhod Gilbert, Thaer Al-Shayei, Joe Hurst, Wynne Evans, Erin Richards |
| Status: | Released |
| Budget: | $0 |
| Revenue: | 0 |
A pretty cool true story, but the film itself? Rather poor. 'Save the Cinema' is simply too on the nose for my liking, it's cringey in a fair few bits and even pretentious in others. It does have a good cast, though that aside it struggles to get away from the fact that it feels like a made-for-television Christmas-esque movie - literally so with the plot. Samantha Morton, Jonathan Pryce and Tom Felton are as solid as you'd expect, though the Welsh accents kept taking me out of it - Pryce was born in Wales admittedly, yet even his accent sounded off... might just be me though. I didn't overly like any of that trio's, or their co-star's tbh, performances though, I just like Morton/Pryce/Felton from others things more than anything. I wouldn't say this is a bad film, it's just a really lousy one in my opinion. I could see it finding an audience though.
