Misbehaviour is now available to watch on Netflix in the UK and Ireland.
Directed by Three Girls' Philippa Lowthorpe, the 2020 film tells the true story of the Women's Liberation Movement and their bold disruption of the 1970 Miss World pageant's live broadcast, hosted that year in London.
Misbehaviour stars Keira Knightley as one of the movement's founders, Sally Alexander, while Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays Miss Grenada contestant Jennifer Hosten, the first ever black woman to win Miss World at that very same pageant.
Other cast members include Keeley Hawes, Jessie Buckley, Lesley Manville, Greg Kinnear, Rhys Ifans and Phyllis Logan.
Misbehaviour holds a very strong 87% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 104 reviews, with critics calling it "poignant", "vibrant" and "though-provoking".
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"Misbehaviour's overall arc will be familiar to fans of feelgood British cinema - and so will the way it triumphs over formula to tell a thoroughly crowd-pleasing story," reads the site's critical consensus.
Speaking about what it was like to make the film, Knightley told Digital Spy that she enjoys working on films that are "slightly more political" as it gives her the opportunity to really consider the questions and issues being explored.
"I think just the opportunity to really kind of immerse yourself in a subject like this is always a great privilege and something that I do find really exciting," she said.
"You've always got to make a film feel important. Even if it's the silliest piece of fluff, it always has to feel important when you're doing it."
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She also revealed that she got to sit down with the real Sally Alexander, saying: "It was just totally wonderful to sit down [with Sally]. She's such an intelligent, articulate, extraordinary person.
"So just the opportunity to spend a couple of hours and have a chat and talk about this really interesting period of time with her was great and really helpful, obviously, for playing her."
Misbehaviour is available to stream now on Netflix.
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