A Private Function A Private Function A Private Function is a 1984 British comedy film starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith. The film was predominantly filmed in Ilkley, Ben Rhydding, and Barnoldswick, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The film was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. In a small Northern English town in 1947 the citizens endure continuing food rationing. Some local businessmen want to hold a party to celebrate the royal wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip and illegally decide to raise a pig for that occasion. However, the pig gets stolen by
A Private War Festival, Hamptons International Film Festival, and the Woodstock Film Festival. The film was released on November 2, 2018 in limited release, before expanding nationwide on November 16, 2018. "A Private War" is slated for a UK and Irish release on 1st February 2019. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has an approval rating of 89% based on 89 reviews, and the average score is 7.3/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""A Private War" honors its real-life subject with a sober appraisal of the sacrifices required of journalists on the front lines - and career-best work by Rosamund Pike." On review aggregator Metacritic,