The Courier (12)

Director Dominic Cooke. Thriller/Action

Benedict Cumberbatch is back with another formidable performance in this Cold War espionage drama. The film follows the true story of Greville Wynne, an unassuming British businessman recruited by the Secret Intelligence Service to deliver messages in the 1960s. Wynne develops a dangerous partnership with Oleg Penkovsky (Merab Nibidze), with the pair coming together to provide important intelligence to prevent nuclear intervention during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Courier is an exciting thriller that will keep you guessing throughout.

Starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Rachel Brosnahan, Jessie Buckley, Merab Ninidze

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good audience turnout on a very rainy cold evening. enjoyable and well acted

Amazing acting telling the story of two incredibly brave people. the audience were entranced and conversation flowed after.

Audience appreciated the film and the general sentiment was that we all learned something about our history.

Excellent film, enjoyed by our audience. Many of our audience had lived through these times and knew the story.

BC gives amazing performance - pertinent story

Wonderful film with brillant acting perfomances. Audience applauded at the end.

The Film was a great success with the audience. Tense, gripping and superbly acted. A quality film and a good contrast to previous lighter hearted options which in turn attracted new audience members

The audience enjoyed the film. Showed how brutal the Russians could be. Very gripping. Well acted.

Good story, well acted and very engaging.

An excellent film based on a true story. Many of the audience remembered this time when the threat of nuclear war was high. Brilliant acting from all of the cast. Well directed and excellent screenplay.

An excellent film, with a superb performance from Benedict Cumberbatch, thoroughly enjoyed by all who saw it.

Excellent.

Excellent film. Superb performances from main actors.

A true story of a man standing by his word / actions suffering the consequences - but a happier ending! Certainly keeps you on the edge of your seat!

Straightforward thriller, gripping, another film based on true events that most of us hadn’t heard about.

An excellent film. Tense and very gripping with superb acting. It brought back memories for quite a few in the audience of when it happened.

Extremely pertinent in today's world.

A very good portrayal of a story that few in the audience had been aware of. Dropped a mark as the diction wasn't very clear at times so we had to increase the volume quite considerably.

A very mind provoking film with excellent cast. Definitely one to watch.

Film very well received, one person only slightly worried!

Absolutely brilliant film - quite riveting - particularly in view of current events (nothing changes in the human race!) Superb performances from all actors and very much enjoyed by all attendees.

Most of the audience enjoyed it - some remembered the event. Quite watchable.

Very atmospheric true story, enjoyed by our Audience.

Outstanding - our audience was mesmerised!

Excellent film, really enjoyed by our audience

A well received film, very evocative of a time in fairly recent history. Well acted and directed.

Excellent. Everyone really enjoyed this film. Benedict Cumberbatch was brilliant

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