2010 · tv-movie · drama · history
The Special Relationship
Directed by Richard Loncraine1h 33m2010
A dramatisation that follows Tony Blair's journey from political understudy waiting in the wings of the world arena to accomplished prime minister standing confidently in the spotlight of centre stage. It is a story about relationships, between two powerful men (Blair and Bill Clinton), two powerful couples, and husbands and wives.
Our read: The Special Relationship (2010) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded tv-movie · drama · history entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, gentle tv-movie / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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