One of the first , if not the first book I ever read was Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. A brilliant book that I still hold dear to my heart . Ronald Dahl had a fantastic talent that not many authors had but there is so much about the man that I never knew . Until now
In 1962, Patricia Neal and Roald Dahl retreat to the English countryside to bring up their young family. The seemingly unlikely pair find their relationship put to the test by a tragic loss.
Firstly I had no idea that he was married to Patricia Neal . The sultry older woman to Paul Newman's Hud . A brilliant film that I only watched for the first time this year .
Secondly i didn't know about the tragedy in his life and how it affected him and his family so badly.
Although this does delve into the writing of Charlie and the Chocolate factory and the Patricia's Oscar winning performance in Hud , this is more about family and their grief .
It's about dealing with bereavement of a daughter and and how they got through the worst thing that can happen to a family .
Hugh Bonneville is great as Dahl as is Keeley Hawes as Patricia Neal.
The prosthetics on Bonneville take a little getting used to but you can see why they did it because the last thing you want is Roald Dahl to be a Robert Crawley from Downtown Abbey.
I really liked this and I can't quite get my head around the low ratings it has got . Perhaps I was more invested in the story that most people ?
