Black Bear Pictures
Black Bear Pictures
Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson’s * Wicker * welcomes us with a mischievous grin, gently upends a sacred cow, steals a kiss, and raises a tankard before revealing a tender, deeply romantic belief in human dignity. Bawdy, boisterous, and witty, yet unexpectedly wise, this adaptation of Ursula Wills’s *The Wicker Husband* transforms folk-fable eccentricity into a joyful celebration of desire and agency, with compassion for those whose lives are disrupted when they refuse to remain in the place society has assigned them.
Black Bear Pictures
At its center is Olivia Colman , giving one of her most strikingly unvarnished performances. Her Fisherwoman is raw, ragged, and stubborn, enduring mockery for her limp, her monobrow, her habits, her solitude, and even the smell associated with her trade. She eats with her mouth open and keeps a pot under her bed, using it when needed. The villagers sneer, but the film meets her without judgment, never suggesting she must become prettier, softer, or more acceptable to deserve kindness. That compassion is one of Wicker’s greatest strengths. Colman portrays a woman with agency over her own destiny, pushe...