HER STORY MADE HISTORY.

The real-life story of how a woman became obsessed with Richard III, had a hunch that his remains might lie under a car park in Leicester – and turned out to be right.

Sally Hawkins is excellent as a person who’s not always easy to deal with. The decision to turn a University of Leicester deputy registrar into a bad guy had legal repercussions a few years later, and the idea of having Richard III appear as a guiding apparition to Hawkins’s character isn’t entirely satisfactory, but this is still a charming tale.

Alexandre Desplat’s music score is good, even if it makes the movie sound like a thriller.

2022-U.K. 108 min. Color. Directed by Stephen Frears. Screenplay: Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope. Book: Philippa Langley, Michael Jones (”The King’s Grave: The Search for Richard III”). Music: Alexandre Desplat. Cast: Sally Hawkins (Philippa Langley), Steve Coogan (John Langley), Harry Lloyd (Richard III/Pete), Mark Addy, Lee Ingleby, James Fleet.

Trivia: Co-produced by Coogan.