10 stars for the performances, especially Jennifer Jason Leigh's, but -5 for the story, which feels entirely anachronistic, tone-deaf and out of place in the 2018 cultural context. Honestly, who thought another story about the suffering of uber-privileged white males needed to be told now, and why? And the female characters aren't much more sympathetic or interesting here either. Everyone is rich, perverse, lazy, and entitled. And some of the male characters are psychopathically misogynistic and cruel. Of course, the suffering of young Patrick is terrible, but the underlying assumption here (as ever with these things) is that his suffering is somehow more interesting, sympathetic and special because he's a good-looking, aristocratic male. As far as I'm concerned, every character in this story can throw themselves out a window. How about creating some decent roles for the excellent female actresses so they can use their skills to play something other than abused alcoholic housewives or gold-diggers?
Review of Patrick Melrose
