Another week, another awesome vehicle for Letitia Wright, though to make this woozy biopic sound like a one-woman show would be a crime. The unshowy star of Aisha and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is excellent as would-be author June Gibbons, but Tamara Lawrance, as June’s controlling and whip-smart twin Jennifer, is just as intense. I thought I’d seen the double act of the year in Jim Archer’s black comedy, Brian and Charles. Nope. 2022 belongs to the heart-breakingly hilarious June and Jen.
The case became infamous as the twins wound up in Broadmoor Hospital, but when we first meet them they’re just precocious, if difficult, kids. Jennifer and June have made a pact. They give everyone but each other the silent treatment (even their nice mum and dad).
