This film is loosely based on a true story that scandalized a Sussex town in the ’20s. Olivia Colman plays a devout Christian woman living with her parents in an English village. When she starts getting silly profane letters, she suspects her rowdy Irish neighbor (Jessie Buckley). This sets some of the women in the town on a crusade to discover the true culprit. Being that this charming little comedy is British, you can expect restrained droll moments, even though the bawdy epistles are full of “naughty” language. Of course, Colman and Buckley are great and there’s a lovely supporting cast that includes an amusing Anjana Vasan as the “woman police officer.” This film breaks no new ground and isn’t hilarious, but it does provide the kind of pleasant comedy that’s bound to entertain the PBS Masterpiece crowd. 
(3.5 / 5)
