Name: The Delivered (Fanny Lye Deliver'd)
Genre: Drama
Released: 2019-10-11T04:48:46-07:00
Rating: 94

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Bound together by Maxine Peake's magnetic portrayal of the main character, Fanny Lye Deliver'd offers impactful, richly layered period drama. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

In 1657 England, Fanny Lye transcends her oppressive marriage to discover a new world of possibilities -- but at a great personal cost. Living a life of Puritan stricture with her husband and young son, Fanny's world is shaken to its core by the unexpected arrival of a young couple closely pursued by a ruthless sheriff and his deputy.

Genre:

drama, horror
Original Language:

English (United Kingdom)
Director:

Thomas Clay
Producer:

Philippe Bober
Writer:

Thomas Clay
Release Date (Streaming):

Jan 15, 2021
Runtime:

1h 52m
Production Co:

GmbH, British Film Institute
Aspect Ratio:

Scope (2.35:1)

Cast & Crew

Maxine Peake
Fanny Lye

Charles Dance
John Lye

Freddie Fox
Thomas Ashbury

Tanya Reynolds
Rebecca Henshaw

Zak Adams
Arthur Lye

Peter McDonald
The High Sheriff for the Council of State

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Critic Reviews for The Delivered

All Critics (32) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (30) | Rotten (2)

Fanny Lye Deliver'd bristles with the promise brought on by a new era, even if its approach feels busy and overworked.

December 9, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Clarisse Loughrey
Independent (UK)
Flawed, but it is a film with a singular vision on screen...I went in deeply suspicious of it, but the moments that work are impressive enough...

August 19, 2020 | Full Review…

Mark Kermode
Kermode & Mayo's Film Review
It's a film that always looks to plough its own furrow: chewing over biblical text one minute, unleashing lurid splashes of violence the next.

June 26, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Philip De Semlyen
Time Out
Peake is terrific throughout, and the dreamlike mood lingers after the credits roll, a story made to chew on, told amid the mists of an England briefly up for grabs.

June 24, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Danny Leigh
Financial Times
While Maxine Peake shines in the lead role of a downtrodden woman finding her own voice, all aspects of Thomas Clay's gritty, immersive historical drama blaze with visceral authenticity.

June 24, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Nikki Baughan
Empire Magazine
It is a film which follows its own instincts and is happy to retain (and proudly display) a few ragged edges, and it's all the more interesting for it.

October 15, 2019 | Full Review…

David Jenkins
Little White Lies
Thomas Clay's Fanny Lye Deliver'd delivers a smart, complex, central character, in a film that understands the world she must negotiate.

April 10, 2021 | Full Review…

Alex Heeney
Seventh Row
Fanny [is] embodied by a magnificent Maxime Peak. [Full review in Spanish]

March 25, 2021 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Violeta Kovacsics
Cinemanía (Spain)
In the undisputed lead, Maxine Peake (Peterloo) hands in a performance that defines and gives purpose to the entire enterprise. Fanny Lye is her story - and Peake delivers.

March 17, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Graeme Tuckett
Stuff.co.nz
Both amusing and unsettling, this character-driven thriller finds the right mix of camp and conviction while exploring spiritual freedom and sexual liberation in rural 17th century England.

January 15, 2021 | Full Review…

Todd Jorgenson
Cinemalogue
I appreciated the strong performances and design elements, but they don't make up for the slow story, the pedantic arguments about religion or the movie's insistence that the terrible events of the film liberated Fanny

January 15, 2021 | Full Review…

Cynthia Vinney
CBR
Excess always needs a balance, something that the film loses in a too hasty and gimmicky second part. But this is also where Fanny Lye Deliver'd... is clearly shown for what it is: a wild pastiche. [Full review in Spanish]

November 16, 2020 | Full Review…

Carlos Losilla
Caimán Cuadernos de Cine