Mr. Malcolm's List

Mr. Malcolm's List is a 2022 period drama directed by Emma Holly Jones and written by Suzanne Allain, based on her novel of the same name. It stars Freida Pinto, Sope Dirisu, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ashley Park, Zawe Ashton, and Theo James.
The film was released in the United States and Canada on July 1, 2022, and later in the United Kingdom and Ireland on August 26.
==Premise==
A young woman in 1800s England helps her friend to get revenge on a suitor who rejected her for failing a requirement on his list of qualifications for a bride.
==Cast==
*Freida Pinto as Selina Dalton
*Sope Dirisu as Mr. Malcolm
*Oliver Jackson-Cohen as Lord Cassidy
*Ashley Park as Gertie Covington
*Zawe Ashton as Julia Thistlewaite
*Theo James as Captain Henry Ossory
*Divian Ladwa as John
*Naoko Mori as Mrs. Thistlewaite
*Sophie Vavasseur as Lady Gwyneth Amberton
*Sianad Gregory as Molly
*Dona Croll as Lady Kilbourne
*Paul Tylak as Mr. Dalton
*Dawn Bradfield as Mrs. Dalton
==Production==
Suzanne Allain self-published her novel Mr. Malcolm's List in 2009 and subsequently adapted it into a script. The script was discovered by filmmaker Emma Holly Jones when The Black List did a podcast script reading of the highly rated script submitted through the website in 2015. Jones pursued the rights and then brought on producer Laura Rister and subsequently Laura Lewis to produce the feature film adaptation. Refinery29 adapted the book into a short film directed by Jones, which was released online on February 14, 2019. It starred Gemma Chan, Sope Dirisu, Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Freida Pinto. Shortly after its debut, a feature-length film based on the short and the novel was officially announced, with Jones, Chan and Pinto confirmed to be returning.
In June 2020, it was confirmed that Dirisu and Jackson-Cohen would also be reprising their roles from the short, although Chan would be replaced by Constance Wu in her role, and Sam Heughan would join in an undisclosed role. However, Heughan later dropped out due to scheduling conflicts.
Filming began in March 2021 in Ireland, with Zawe Ashton, Theo James and Ashley Park joining the cast, with Ashton replacing Wu in her role and James replacing Heughan in his role. Bleecker Street acquired the US distribution rights for the film, while Universal Pictures acquired the international distribution rights for the film.
==Release==
The film was released on July 1, 2022, in the United States by Bleecker Street and in Canada by levelFILM, and was later released in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2022, by Vertigo Releasing. Universal Pictures will release the film internationally. It was released on video on demand in the United States on July 21, 2022.
==Reception==
In the United States and Canada, the film made $1 million over the four-day Independence Day weekend, finishing seventh. The film dropped out at the box office top nine in its second weekend, grossing $255,116 with $241 average revenue.
On the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 81% of 107 reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The critical consensus reads, "Mr. Malcolm's List references countless Regency romps without particularly distinguishing itself from the pack, but it gently entertains as a diversely-cast ode to Jane Austen's works.
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Category:American drama films
Category:Films shot in Ireland
Category:Films based on novels
Category:2020s American films