Second Coming (2014 film)
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| Directed by | Debbie Tucker Green |
| Written by | Debbie Tucker Green |
| Starring | Idris Elba, Nadine Marshall |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Second Coming is a 2014 film directed by Debbie Tucker Green. It received mostly positive reviews from critics and was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.
A married couple who no longer have sex are left with unanswered questions when the wife mysteriously becomes pregnant.
Second Coming premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2014 and is distributed by Film Movement in the US. It was released on DVD in the UK, on 6 July 2015.
The film received mostly positive reviews and has a score of 82% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Variety praised the film, saying: "Idris Elba and Nadine Marshall excel in Debbie Tucker Green's oblique, engrossing psychodrama."
The Guardian awarded it four out of five stars, saying: "The pure fear that Marshall wordlessly suggests is superb."
The Telegraph awarded it three out of five stars, saying: "while this is an uneven, imperfect film, it's still an unusual and interesting one: a slice of modern British bleakness, with just enough strangeness to keep things fresh."
Empire awarded it three out of five stars, calling it: "A soulful drama that heralds the arrival of a new voice in British cinema."
The London Evening Standard also awarded it three out of five stars, saying: "Thank goodness for Idris Elba, whose beauty and star power will ensure this brazenly weird romantic drama from London playwright Debbie Tucker Green doesn’t get brushed aside."
Time Out awarded it four out of five stars, saying" "‘Second Coming’ is sometimes confusing, but always compelling and often powerful."
The film was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer.
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