‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’ Film Review: Emma Thompson Shines as a Widow Seeking a Little Physical Companionship
, recalibrating moment to moment in accordance with Nancy’s every whim. The performance disarmingly conveys that his character is emulating a romantic leading man for work, and that a sex worker’s interpretation of that role would naturally be unpolished compared with that of a trained actor. The hotel room set partly recalls “The Father” and “The Souvenir Part II,” simultaneously naturalistic and — one senses movie magic at work — not at all claustrophobic.