When we tell a love story, we need to show the delicate, and sometimes brutal, transformations that a passion causes in life. In My Policeman, we have a prelude, but not an immersion in this narrative.
A sensitive film, which investigates the meaning of love and navigates the scenarios of intolerance in the 1950s, but finds problems in taking the audience to the deepest layers of history.
This may be due to a difficulty in disconnecting the image of who Harry Styles is from the character, or because at times the differences between the young cast and the adult cast are excessive.
Unfortunately, for Ron Nyswaner it won't be the script that will take him into the spotlight of awards seasons, but he hits the tone of invitation for those who (like me) haven't read the book yet.