A thriller with a bit of romance and touches of black humor along the way. Greg is discovered with the dead body of his wife's lover by Marcey, a public servant moonlighting as a waitress at a party thrown by Greg for he and his wife's wedding anniversary. Marcey sets about organizing the slightly neurotic Greg in his attempts to cover up the accident.
Acting
Sophie Okonedo carries this entire film on her shoulders with barely-contained exasperation.
Writing
The black humor lands because everyone treats murder like a minor inconvenience.
Director
David Richards
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a TV movie for ITV that somehow got lost in the algorithmic void despite starring an Oscar nominee and a beloved British character actor.
The film accidentally captures peak 'cozy British thriller' energy right before the genre got eaten by gritty Scandi-noir imports.
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