Archipelago

2011

Drama

Deep fractures within a family dynamic begin to surface during a getaway to the Isles of Scilly.

Rating

5.568
44 votes

Popularity

0.7849

Origin & Countries

GBUS | en | United Kingdom

Production

Wild Horse Film Company

Runtime

114 min.

Status

Released

Release: 3/4/2011

Credits

Archipelago

Joanna HoggDirector

Archipelago

Tom HiddlestonEdward

Archipelago

Lydia LeonardCynthia

Archipelago

Kate FahyPatricia

Archipelago

Amy LloydRose

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

6/18/2023

6 / 10

We start and finish with the star of this film. The helicopter. Otherwise, this is a rather unremarkable soap of a story that sees a family reconvene on the remote Scilly Isles. You just know that when they have all arrived, familial discord will soon be in the air and although the film certainly looks lovely, the subsequent melodrama develops little substance to the characterisations and is chronically middle-class and pedestrian. Tom Hiddleston is a positive drip as "Edward" delivering his overwritten lines to his sister "Cynthia" (Lydia Leonard) who seems only capable of replying in tones of disdain and contempt. The narrative seems bent on contriving scenarios - both past and present - to force the thing and the characters to become interesting. For Joanna Hogg, it seems she is determined to bring some authenticity to this tale of wealthy people enjoying the privileges and pitfalls of their social status - good or bad! Maybe the title has a (not so) hidden meaning about those folks joined by birth but separated by constant personal maelstroms, but for me it is just far too wordy and up itself with far too much - admittedly beautiful - shots of the scenery. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood - but this just wasn't for me.

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