Review: My Policeman

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A young policeman, Tom (Harry Styles) must balance his life with his wife, Marion (Emma Corrin) and his secret affair with Patrick (David Dawson) in the 1950's. In a more current timeline, Patrick has suffered a stroke and has come to live with Marion and Tom. This forces them to confront their past.

This has a very similar structure as The Notebook. With the older versions of the story starting it, and the younger ones in flashbacks. Like The Notebook, I felt a complete disconnected with these older versions. They don't get a lot to work with, just the left over trauma, so they make for a boring watch.

Not that My Policeman in itself is a very interesting film. It's dreadfully dull. You're meant to sympathize with all involved, but I had a hard time liking anyone. Especially Patrick. I felt like I should've felt the worst for him. A gay man who isn't allowed to live his life. That's awful, but the film doesn't really reconcile with how much of a dick he is. 

Everyone's fine in their parts but My Policeman is nothing to rush out to see if you don't already have Amazon Prime to watch it. I'm watching it during a dull snow day here in the upper Midwest. That's about as fitting as it can be.

Grade: C-

Comments

  1. BirgitNovember 16, 2022 at 1:13 PM

    Oh my....I was wondering if it would be good or...not. it's the latter.

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  2. thevoid99November 16, 2022 at 6:27 PM

    There was a lot of hype for this but I was skeptical as it relates to Harry Styles but I really think he really should just focus on his music although despite what people think today. He is not the King of Pop. It's still Michael Jackson.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamNovember 18, 2022 at 4:45 PM

      I feel like the hype was 100% Harry Styles stans, though he was better here than Don't Worry Darling.

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  3. m.brownNovember 17, 2022 at 10:23 AM

    Eh, seems like it's gonna be a no for me on this one. Though I do appreciate dull snowy days...could really use one of those (to watch literally ANYTHING)

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  4. keith71_98November 19, 2022 at 9:38 AM

    That's pretty much what I've been hearing everywhere. For that reason I haven't rushed to see it. Especially with sooo much else out there.

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    1. Brittani BurnhamNovember 22, 2022 at 8:27 AM

      Definitely. There's so many better things out there right now.

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