Production Budget Analysis

The production budget for My Policeman (2022) has not been publicly disclosed.

CAST: Gina McKee, Linus Roache, Rupert Everett, Harry Styles, Emma Corrin, David Dawson DIRECTOR: Michael Grandage CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ben Davis MUSIC: Steven Price PRODUCTION: Amazon Studios, Berlanti Productions, Independent

Box Office Performance

Theatrical box office data is not publicly available for My Policeman (2022). This may indicate a limited release, direct-to-streaming, or a release predating modern box office tracking.

Profitability Assessment

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INDUSTRY IMPACT

PRODUCTION NOTES

▸ Production

It was announced in September 2020 that Amazon Studios would produce the film. Michael Grandage was set to direct a screenplay written by Ron Nyswaner, with Harry Styles and Lily James entering negotiations to star. James would exit negotiations by February 2021, with Emma Corrin replacing her. In March 2021, David Dawson, Linus Roache and Rupert Everett joined the cast of the film. In June 2021, Kadiff Kirwan joined the cast of the film.

Principal photography began in April 2021. Filming took place in London and Brighton and Hove. In Hove, filming took place at The Regency Town House in Brunswick Square for the wedding scene.

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

Summary: 1 win & 4 nominations

Additional Recognition: The main cast members were announced as the collective winners of an acting award at TIFF's Tribute Awards, the first time that an award in that category was ever presented to an ensemble cast rather than an individual. The film received a nomination in the 34th GLAAD Media Awards for Outstanding Film - Limited Release, losing to The Inspection. The film also received a Queerty award nomination for Studio Movie, losing to Everything Everywhere All At Once.

CRITICAL RECEPTION

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 45% based on 148 reviews, with an average rating of 5.7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Mildly arresting in its best moments, My Policeman tends toward the tedious despite the respectable efforts of a capable cast." Metacritic gave the film a weighted average score of 50 out of 100 based on 38 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

In a review for The Hollywood Reporter, David Rooney wrote that the adaptation "does little to show that celebrated theater director Michael Grandage can translate his stage skills to the screen", that Grandage "gives the material so little edge" and that Nyswaner "never digs deep into his characters' psychology." He wrote that "Corrin is fine" and "as for Styles, he's not terrible, but he leaves a hole in the movie where a more multidimensional character with an inner life is needed most," while complimenting Dawson's performance, writing that the actor "plays the breezy sophisticate more convincingly than the lovelorn man inside." Gregory Ellwood of The Playlist gave the film a positive review, writing that Grandage's direction was "sublime" while complimenting the performances of Dawson and Styles, the latter of whom he says is "night and day here compared to his work in that other fall release." He continued by adding that Corrin "steals the show" while complimenting the historical accuracy. Robert Daniels of RogerEbert.com opined that the film "is surface-level queer representation lacking in visual imagination and begging for better performances", while giving negative opinions regarding the performances of Styles and Corrin.