Steve Coogan, as others have said, is uncannily like Jimmy Saville. His mannerisms, voice, way of walking even the pauses between his words is so like Saville if you closed your eyes you'd believe it was him. The film quality is also superb with great attention to period detail. On the downside, I think I would have preferred the true story - or as close to truth as one could get in a dramatisation based on real events but events that require a sensitivity in approach. I found myself constantly questioning whether something happened or not. Also, I'm struggling to get through it because while Coogan is utterly superb in so many ways, he simply cannot pass for an extremely slender young man in his 20s. If they couldn't afford the fabulous new de-aging tech, then a bit of blurring to lift his jowls or a younger body double would have helped me suspend disbelief.
Review of The Reckoning
