It shouldn’t be hard for “Hard Truths” to get some Oscar love, but that doesn’t mean it won’t be. British actress Marianne Jean-Baptiste delivers an emotionally charged performance in ...

“Can’t stand ’em out there.” The camera hones in on Pansy, and Jean-Baptiste is simultaneously riveting and tough to watch. It’s hard to acknowledge that your heart is breaking for ...

Played by a ferocious Marianne Jean-Baptiste, the perpetually harried and hostile protagonist of Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths spews her venom on everyone she encounters — from family members to ...

Right at the end credits of Hard Truths it says “any similarity ... and in fact this is the second time the great Marianne Jean-Baptiste has worked with him, the first being her Oscar-nominated ...

TIFF: The polar opposite of "Happy-Go-Lucky," "Hard Truths" stars Marianne Jean-Baptiste as a woman at war with the world and everyone in it. As played by an absolutely titanic Marianne Jean ...

Sixteen years later, the filmmaker returns to similar territory with “Hard Truths,” a searing but ... played by an absolutely titanic Marianne Jean-Baptiste, whose performance somehow lives ...

As Pansy, Marianne Jean-Baptiste embodies the latter sort in “Hard Truths,” coming away from her reunion with “Secrets & Lies” director Mike Leigh with her richest character yet — not ...

Hard Truths Director: Mike Leigh Cast: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Michele Austin, David Webber, Tuwaine Barrett Run time: 1hr 37m Leigh includes some flashes of wit, so the film itself is not depressing.

Played by a ferocious Marianne Jean-Baptiste, the perpetually harried and hostile protagonist of Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths spews her venom on everyone she encounters — from family members to furniture ...

Sixteen years later, the filmmaker returns to similar territory with “Hard Truths,” a searing but indivisibly ... of Social Realism As played by an absolutely titanic Marianne Jean-Baptiste, whose ...

The revered English director builds a prickly portrait around his 'Secrets & Lies' star, giving Jean-Baptiste the role of her career, if not an especially compelling story to inhabit.

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