Cute old men have become a hardy staple of British cinema, and I’m hooked
A Gentleman Twee film features a vulnerable but unexpectedly resilient man/bear who gets himself into outrageous scrapes, feat. japes If you’re feeling indecisive about what to watch over the festive season, simply look for one thing as you scroll.
“I’ve never heard of that,” you’re probably growling – and that’s because I just made it up. And yet there’s no denying that Gentleman Twee does in fact exist. Beyond the coats, ties and caps, the genre is characterised by a few key things. The gentlemen in Gentlemen Twee movies must cry, or at least get close to it. They must be largely repressed until an opportune moment in which they will whisper something quietly devastating. You must start to feel – when watching them – that you’d rather kill them with your own bare hands than see anyone else hurt them ever again. Your sympathy must be deep and aching and ever so cheaply bought .
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