Helen Mirren’s recent ‘significant’ birthday prompted several reviews of her illustrious stage and screen career, and in this thrilling crime caper, she shows just why as an actor she has endured. Playing opposite equally venerable actor Ian McKellan, the two are on top form as the wealthy widow, Betty, being lured by veteran conman, Roy. Set in 2009, the pair meet online and their relationship takes off with ease, though Betty’s grandson, Steven, is instantly suspicious. The fabulous, easy sparring of the two leads lifts the tale from predictability, and what should have been a straightforward swindle becomes something of a labyrinthine plot, unspooling around the pair.

The screening on Wednesday 29th will be Open Captioned.

Notes by Alicia McGivern