Bright Hair

1997

Crime / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 80%
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 6.2/10 10 348 348

based on novel or book murder love affair infatuation schoolgirl

Plot summary

A solitary schoolgirl, prone to sudden blackouts after she's stumbled into a murder scene, gets involved with her English teacher. Then, when his wife is also murdered, questions about what's real and what's made up start haunting her.

Director

Christopher Menaul Photo
Christopher Menaul

Top cast

Jonathan Bailey Photo
Jonathan Bailey as Ben Devenish
Emilia Fox Photo
Emilia Fox as Ann Devenish
Geraldine Alexander Photo
Geraldine Alexander as Valerie Miles
James Purefoy Photo
James Purefoy as David Miles
720p.WEB
1001.92 MB
960*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
25 fps
1 hr 48 min
Seeds 44

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by 5 / 10

A TV movie that should have been a mini-series.

This is one of those made for TV murder mysteries certain sections of the British public are obsessed with. I call these Middle Class Murder shows, because they are always about middle class people in leafy suburbs, as if this makes them any more "classy", they are still based on fairly base material with the motivations of those involved are anything but sophisticated.The cast alone hints at a made for TV offering and nothing in the production value suggests anything otherwise. This is the youngest I have seen Emelia Fox and she must be around 22 but playing a 17 year old school girl. She is in a relationship with one of her teachers, obviously illegal, so wondering if this explains the reason for a woman playing a teenager. She is also prone to fugue states where she seemingly acts out of character and experiences blackouts. These are played out on screen by having her eyes change colour when in one of these states. When the wife of the teacher she is in a relationship is murdered, questions are asked of her possible involvement.Its an interesting enough story but feels far too long as a stand alone movie. Its more suited as a mini series if kept at the same length. While there is nothing that original in the concept of the mentally ill person being a suspect of murder, it does reach a fairly satisfying conclusion, although it does take a second to figure out what that is due to their being what seem like fantasy scenes throughout.This is just hosted on Talking Pictures TV Cellar Club, so is currently hosted there for free. A bit of 1997 TV that seems fairly hard to track down. Worth a watch though you may want a break midway through.
Reviewed by 5 / 10

Bright Hair

Ann Devenish (Emilia Fox) is a rebellious teenager in the village of Ashminster. Ann was left in shock after stumbling across a murder victim. It has led to her being psychologically damaged exhibiting strange behaviour.This includes becoming obsessed with her new teacher David Miles (James Purefoy) who offered her support. Some years later Miles wife is killed in what looks like a copycat murder.The police begin to suspect Ann who is experiencing blackouts and memory loss but it could just easily be David Miles. The police catch a killer but he denies the murder of Miles wife.Lots of obfuscation and short on thrills. Fox convinces as the wayward schoolgirl. Purefoy is suitably bland that the role requires him to be as well as be alluring to hormonal teens.It is a laborious slow thriller which could had been more effective with a shorter running time.
Reviewed by 7 / 10

Fully Absorbing and Well Made.

Well... a stunning broad scope of roles played by Emilia Fox, and you could expect nothing less from a member of a family of brilliant actors. In essence, Emilia play's three different personas with exceptional brilliance.The plot twist was moderately predictable, but that scarcely matters as there is an actual story to follow, unlike the rubbish being churned out these days, full of social engineering and political correctness.A film I could easily watch multiple times, even knowing how the plot unravels, purely for the extremely well directed, acted and edited film that it is... and there is a proper conclusion at the end... not pseudo-arty, leaves you guessing/cheated, as is so often the case with more modern films!No spoilers!
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