Roald & Beatrix – The Tail of the Curious Mouse review: Festive nostalgia marred by Dahl’s real-life antisemitism

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Get our The Life Cinematic email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Case in point: Sky One’s Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse, a pleasant bit of festive nostalgia decorated in snow and whimsy. Because it’s Christmas, you’re likely to forgive its fanciful exaggeration of a brief real-life meeting between a young Roald Dahl and his favourite author Beatrix Potter. Trailers for Roald & Beatrix suggested that an adorable meeting of minds is at the heart of the film, that perhaps young Dahl would melt the icy heart of the Peter Rabbit mastermind. Yet their interaction is limited; Abigail Wilson’s engaging script is far more interested in the pair’s mutual traumas, and how grief can be a healing force rather than something destructive.