28 Years Later and Marvel star team up for film guaranteed to have viewers in floods of tears

Daily Mirror

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It's a new role for the Black Widow star and its already gaining Oscar buzz
Stars of recent blockbuster 28 Years Later and several Marvel movies are teaming up for a new film release guaranteed to have viewers in floods of tears.
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The first trailer for upcoming title called Eleanor The Great was released earlier this week. It gives potential audiences the idea of the emotional journey the story will take them on.
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According to its brief synopsis, the plot will focus on the witty and proudly troublesome 94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein, who after a devastating loss, tells a tale that takes on a dangerous life of its own.
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As seen in the trailer, it follows her being forced to move to Manhattan, and striking up a friendship with a young, aspiring journalist.
Eleanor is played by 95-year-old actress June Squibb, who was nominated for an Oscar back in 2013 for her work on Nebraska. She is enjoying something of a renaissance in her career of late, thanks to her star turns in 2024's Thelma and Pixar movies Soul and Inside Out 2.
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Meanwhile, Erin Kellyman plays the role of Nina. Fans will recognise Kellyman from her turns in BBC's miniseries of Les Miserables, Solo: A Star Wars Story and 28 Years Later. She has also starred in Marvel series Falcon and the Winter Soldier and Top Boy, in which she played Pebbles.
Also featuring is British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, another former Marvel star who appeared in Doctor Strange movies. He also appeared in Triple 9, American Gangster and Netflix's The Old Guard.
The film will also serve as the directorial debut for Scarlett Johansson. Johansson is well known for her work in front of the camera, primarily as comic book hero Natasha Romanoff, otherwise known as Black Widow, appearing across eight titles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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While the movie going public will have to wait until next month to see the BAFTA winning actress' debut as a director, early reviews are already online thanks to its screening at film festivals.
One well respected critic claimed: "Eleanor the Great is really something special. This can't be denied. Everyone involved should be proud of it. A tremendously moving, sensitive, tender film that shows us how kindness and goodness always matter – at any age."
Other write ups have predicted Oscar buzz for both the film's director and leading star. One reviewer said: "I wouldn't be surprised to hear a lot about Eleanor the Great during awards season, especially when it comes to Squibb, whose moving performance is simply exquisite; there is no other word for it."
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Another added: "Scarlett Johansson's Eleanor the Great is exactly the kind of conventional, performer-led film one would expect from an actor. It also has the jackpot combination of being tear-inducing and laugh-out-loud funny."
While someone else penned: "It's a little predictable, a little bizarre, a little funny, and very sad, but it's also an ambitious swing at what movies can still be, a message and an idea that we expect will lead both the director and writer into quite fruitful new chapters."
As seen in the trailer, one verdict predicts "there won't be a dry eye in the house", seemingly suggesting that watching the film guarantees its viewers will be left in tears.