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Benjamin

Benjamin

6.2

2019

85 min

Romance

Comedy

Drama

Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, is on the brink of premiering his difficult second film ’No Self' at the London Film Festival when Billie, his hard drinking publicist, introduces him to a mesmeric French musician called Noah.

Benjamin

6.2

2019

85 min

Romance

Comedy

Drama

Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, is on the brink of premiering his difficult second film ’No Self' at the London Film Festival when Billie, his hard drinking publicist, introduces him to a mesmeric French musician called Noah.

Cast

Colin Morgan

Benjamin

Phénix Brossard

Noah

Joel Fry

Stephen

Jessica Raine

Billie

Jack Rowan

Harry

Anna Chancellor

Tessa

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett

Paul

Michèle Belgrand

Adrienne

James Lailey

Claude

Ellie Kendrick

Anne the Dancer

Mark Kermode

Himself

Simon Mayo

Himself

Reviews

SWITCH.

@maketheSWITCH

4 years ago

‘Benjamin’ is an enjoyable rom-com, filled with equal amounts of sweet moments and tense ones. - Chris dos Santos Read Chris' full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-benjamin-gay-dramedy-tugs-at-the-heartstrings-in-all-the-right-ways

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@Geronimo1967

1 year ago

I really did want to like this - but I wasn't really given anywhere near enough meat on the bones of the story or the characters to het to know. The comedy is pretty thin on the ground and the underlying storyline is clichéd and muddles love and lust in an unconvincing fashion. It may well be partially autobiographical, but that - and the best efforts of the eponymous and engaging Colin Morgan as well as Jack Rowan's heart-throb "Harry" - doesn't help us through it's mediocrity. It's a pity, but I think that maybe auteur Simon Amstell was just too close to this to make it work in any objective or less awkward fashion.