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British middle-agers with a handicapped daughter invite into their home a strange young man who holds a peculiar power over the family. Sting (then the very popular lead singer and bassist of The Police) makes a remarkable starring debut in this Dennis Potter concoction based upon Potter's own play (originally taped--and banned--by the BBC). Writing like a mischievous child, and aiming for lofty literary ambitions and ironic subtext, Potter doesn't always get the effects he's striving for, but neither does he disappoint. Director Richard Loncraine doesn't struggle too noticeably trying to get this material off the dime (and out of the main set), and the build-up to the foregone conclusion is rife with interesting, twisted bits of business. Not a barn-burner by any means, but a handsome, calculated work in a minor, somewhat derivative key. **1/2 from ****
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