Press & Posters
"I do like a film that hangs together…Christopher Miles's 'The Clandestine Marriage' emerges as a most unlikely hit…..Miles brings it off with grace, subtlety and an eye and ear for the ridiculousness…and in his hands it is a light comedy of love and lechery."
LONDON EVENING STANDARD
"What a joy to see a film that is funny, and beautifully acted….Hawthorne's performance is breathtaking".
THE SATURDAY TIMES
"Cheerful, charming period comedy"
WOMAN
"The stars apparently bailed out the production - and the film was worth saving…. its mostly a droll and elegantly coarse entertainment, a country house farce somewhat reminiscent of 'La Règle du Jeu' and 'Smiles of a Summer Night'.
TIME OUT
"'The Clandestine Marriage' … has some genuinely vibrant playing from Hawthorne, Collins and Tom Hollander, plus an air of nudge, wink-wink rambunctiousness"
THE INDEPENDENT
"Cleanly scripted and toplined by wonderful perfs from Nigel Hawthorne and Timothy Spall ….unlike many costume comedies 'Marriage' sets up and positions its characters with simplicity and clarity… Hollander is good in a typically louche role, Nicholls charismatic as Lovewell, and Chambers excellent as the sharp-tongued Betsy. Harvey, too, is fine as the maid, Lucy."
VARIETY
"The Clandestine Marriage' is an engaging 18th-century comedy of manners and errors… rollicking stuff ensues. Spall and the ever excellent Hawthorne are past masters at this kind of thing, and Joan Collins makes a strong impression as Spall's pretentious sister."
Barry Norman CINEMA - RADIO TIMES
"JOAN MAKES BOSOMS SWELL WITH PRIDE - Christopher Miles's' adaptation of 'The Clandestine Marriage' has all the ingredients of a grand theatrical folly - and it doesn't disappoint."
THE TIMES
