Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Title: Mother, The (2003) Mother, The

Director: Roger Michell.
Starring: Anne Reid, Daniel Craig, Steven Mackintosh, Cathryn Bradshaw, Oliver Ford Davies, Anna Wilson Jones, Peter Vaughan.
Duration: 112 minutes Country: England.
Mini
Review:
May (Anne Reid, terrific) is a conservative grandmother from the suburbs. When her husband dies on a family visit to London, she finds herself alone for the first time in decades. Initially May recedes into the background of her busy, metropolitan children's lives. Stuck in an unfamiliar city far from home, May fears that she has become another invisible old person whose life is more or less over. Until, that is, she falls for Darren (Daniel Craig), a man half her age. As May discovers a new independence and confidence, for the first time in her life she feels alive. Perceptive, no-holds-barred script by Hanif Kureishi ("My Beautiful Laundrette", "Intimacy").

2 Comments:

Blogger hectorjo said...

Enjoyed this, the gruelling english humour. strangley I think that all aspects were completely credible.

Wednesday, February 15, 2006 8:10:00 AM  
Blogger Ruth said...

imagine some of the film's scenario's happening in your own life... woah.

Friday, April 07, 2006 5:26:00 AM  

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