Wicked Little Letters

Wicked Little Letters
Film poster
Directed byThea Sharrock
Written byJonny Sweet
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyBen Davis
Edited byMelanie Oliver
Music byIsobel Waller-Bridge[1]
Production
companies
Distributed byStudioCanal
Release dates
  • 9 September 2023 (2023-09-09) (TIFF)
  • 23 February 2024 (2024-02-23) (United Kingdom)
Running time
100 minutes[2]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12.6 million[3]
Box office$26.7 million[4][5]

Wicked Little Letters is a 2023 British black comedy mystery film directed by Thea Sharrock, written by Jonny Sweet and starring Olivia Colman, Jessie Buckley, Anjana Vasan, Joanna Scanlan, Gemma Jones, Malachi Kirby, Lolly Adefope, Eileen Atkins and Timothy Spall. Based on the real-life Littlehampton libels, it follows an investigation into the anonymous author of numerous crudely insulting letters sent to the residents of the seaside town of Littlehampton.[6][7][8][9]

Wicked Little Letters premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 9 September 2023, and was released in the United Kingdom by StudioCanal on 23 February 2024. It received generally positive reviews from critics.

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  5. ^ "Wicked Little Letters". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Wicked Little Letters true story: The scandal behind the comedy". Radio Times. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
  7. ^ Hilliard, Christopher (2017). The Littlehampton Libels: A Miscarriage of Justice and a Mystery about Words in 1920s England. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0192520258.
  8. ^ "Wicked Little Letters". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Libellous Letters in Littlehampton". West Sussex Record Office. 20 February 2024. Retrieved 17 March 2024.