It's about my inability to love. But I'm fine now.
Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, is on the brink of premiering his difficult second film No Self at the London Film Festival when Billie, his hard drinking publicist, introduces him to a mesmeric French musician called Noah.
Colin Morgan
Benjamin
Phénix Brossard
Noah
Joel Fry
Stephen
Jessica Raine
Billie
Jack Rowan
Harry
Anna Chancellor
Tessa
Nathan Stewart-Jarrett
Paul
Michèle Belgrand
Adrienne
James Lailey
Claude
Ellie Kendrick
Anne the Dancer
Mark Kermode
Himself
Simon Mayo
Himself
Gabe Gilmour
Bodhi
Robin Peters
Editor
Arnab Chanda
Guru
James Bloor
Alex
Jessie Cave
Martha
Joanne Howarth
Shop Keeper
Mariam Haque
Film Festival Host
Kriss Dosanjh
Monk
Director
Simon Amstell
Writers
Simon Amstell, Kate Leys, Dan Swimer
James Righton
Original Music Composer
Robin Peters
Editor
Hannah Purdy Foggin
Production Design
Oliver Cronk
Costume Design
David Pimm
Director of Photography
SWITCH.
10/8/2019
‘Benjamin’ is an enjoyable rom-com, filled with equal amounts of sweet moments and tense ones. - Chris dos Santos Read Chris' full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-benjamin-gay-dramedy-tugs-at-the-heartstrings-in-all-the-right-ways
CinemaSerf
5/29/2024
I really did want to like this - but I wasn't really given anywhere near enough meat on the bones of the story or the characters to het to know. The comedy is pretty thin on the ground and the underlying storyline is clichéd and muddles love and lust in an unconvincing fashion. It may well be partially autobiographical, but that - and the best efforts of the eponymous and engaging Colin Morgan as well as Jack Rowan's heart-throb "Harry" - doesn't help us through it's mediocrity. It's a pity, but I think that maybe auteur Simon Amstell was just too close to this to make it work in any objective or less awkward fashion.
