A lonely typographer with a cruel speech impediment but an eloquent inner voice must face his greatest fear.

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Stutterer (2015)

★ 7.4/10 July 8, 2015 13 min

Drama

Director: Benjamin Cleary  ·  Writer: Benjamin Cleary

A lonely typographer with a cruel speech impediment but an eloquent inner voice must face his greatest fear.

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Benjamin Cleary Benjamin Cleary

Cast

Matthew Needham Matthew Needham Greenwood Carsen Chloe Pirrie Chloe Pirrie Ellie Parks Eric Richard Eric Richard Greenwood's Dad Richard Mason Richard Mason Angry boyfriend Sophie Ellerby Sophie Ellerby Girlfriend Calum Sivyer Calum Sivyer Teenage boy Sophie Cotton Sophie Cotton Charity worker

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CinemaSerf
CinemaSerf January 16, 2026
★ 7/10

An attractively tousled young typesetter (Matthew Needham) lives with his dad (Eric Richard) and has been having a six-month long online chat with "Ellie” (Chloe Pirrie). Why make a film about him? Well he stutters. Making himself verbally understood in an impatient world is nigh on impossible, and with the exception of his father he chats to nobody - preferring on occasion to pretend he is mute. Then “Ellie” announces that she is coming to London and wants to meet. Clearly their chat hasn’t revealed that he has difficulties with his speech and so he faces a crisis. Does he meet and risk disappointing her or does he feign some excuse? On the other hand, who's to say that perhaps she hasn’t secrets of her own? Can he find the courage? I found this to be a really quite poignant glimpse into a world where one of our most basic communication skills is unavailable and it’s unnervi…