''Cordelia'' is a 2019 British horror thriller drama film written by

Adrian Shergold Adrian Shergold (born 24 March 1948 in Croydon, Surrey) is a British film and television director. Selected filmography *'' Pierrepoint'' (2005) *'' Funny Cow'' (2017) *'' Cordelia'' (2019) *Denmark (2019) Selected television *'' Christabel'' ( ...

and

Antonia Campbell-Hughes Antonia Campbell-Hughes an Actor/ Filmmaker from Northern Ireland. She is best known for playing Natascha Kampusch in ''3096 Days'', and in Dangerous Liaisons (TV series), Dangerous Liaisons, most recently she can be seen as ‘George’ in h ...

, directed by Shergold and starring Campbell-Hughes and

Johnny Flynn Johnny Flynn (born 14 March 1983) is a British actor and musician. He starred as Dylan Witter in the Channel 4 and Netflix television sitcom '' Lovesick'' and is also known for his performances as David Bowie in the 2020 film '' Stardust''; M ...

. Other cast includes Joel Fry,

Catherine McCormack Catherine Jane McCormack (born April 3, 1972) is an English actress. Her film appearances include ''Braveheart'' (1995), '' The Land Girls'' (1998), '' Dangerous Beauty'' (1998), ''Dancing at Lughnasa'' (1998), ''Spy Game'' (2001), and ''28 Wee ...

Alun Armstrong Alan Armstrong (born 17 July 1946), known professionally as Alun Armstrong, is an English character actor. He grew up in County Durham in North East England, and first became interested in acting through Shakespeare productions at his grammar ...

and

Michael Gambon Sir Michael John Gambon (; 19 October 1940 – 27 September 2023) was an Irish-English actor. Gambon started his acting career with Laurence Olivier as one of the original members of the Royal National Theatre. Over his six-decade-long career ...

in his final film role before his death in September 2023.

Cast

as Cordelia/Caroline (Russell) *

as Frank (Ryan) *

as Moses * Joel Fry as Matt *

as Kate *

as Roger

Release

The film premiered at the Dinard Film Festival in France in 2019. The film was then released in theaters in the United Kingdom on October 23, 2020.

Reception

The film has a 74% rating on

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based on 23 reviews.

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'' awarded the film three stars.

Peter Bradshaw Peter Nicholas Bradshaw (born 19 June 1962) is a British writer and film critic. He has been chief film critic at ''The Guardian'' since 1999, and is a contributing editor at ''Esquire'' magazine. Early life and education Bradshaw was educat ...

of ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...

'' awarded the film three stars out of five. Rob Rector of ''

Film Threat ''Film Threat'' is an American online film review publication, and earlier, a national magazine that focused primarily on independent film, although it also reviewed videos and DVDs of mainstream films, as well as Hollywood movies in theaters. ...

'' rated the film an 8 out of 10. Ferdosa of ''

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'' awarded the film two and a half stars out of five. Jeannette Catsoulis of ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

'' gave the film a positive review and wrote, "Enigmatic and imperfect, but nonetheless absorbing and consistently unsettling, ''Cordelia'' offers a haunting visualization of a breaking-apart psyche."

References

External links

* * {{rotten-tomatoes, cordelia_2019 British horror thriller films 2010s British films 2019 horror thriller films Films directed by Adrian Shergold