Say what you like about damp squibs like A Chorus Line and - - shudder - - In Love And War, but Santa-lookalikee Richard Attenborough has a more than respectable directorial CV. Struggling for years to bring Gandhi to the screen earned him much well-deserved luvvie backslapping. Even if more recent efforts like Cry Freedom, Shadowlands and Chaplin have lacked its sheer scope, they've at least bagged plaudits for their leading players. Even on a bad day, Attenborough's proved able to coax career-best performances from a wide variety of actors. All of which only makes a lacklustre effort like Grey Owl more disappointing.
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