Didn't know anything.about John Stonehouse so had no idea what this movie was about, but as a fan of McFayden I was eager to watch it. And when I saw Keelie Hawes in this credits, knowing the two of them were married I was really interested. It was a different role & look for Matthew, but I think he did a great job of playing this man. Whether the script was accurate to reality I cannot say but John Stonehouse was a complex person to say the least. Was he an arrogant narcissistic? A fool? Naive? Calculating? At certain times in this piece I considered him all of those things. Most likely suffering from some sort of mental illness. I liked it.