The Mother

The Mother
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The movies have their share of gray-haired men romancing young women, but the spectacle of a sexual relationship between an old woman and a young man is still exotic enough for The Mother to startle audiences. Newly widowed Anne Reid, sixtyish, finds herself disenchanted with her indifferent children, and drawn to a studly handyman (Daniel Craig, from Sylvia). The observant directorial hand of Roger Michell guides them through some brutally frank sex scenes, without ignoring the psychological mess that underlies it all. It comes as no surprise that this scenario springs from the mind of Hanif Kureishi, who's been poking at British propriety since My Beautiful Laundrette. The film offers no characters to actually like, which makes it a bitter course to navigate. But Anne Reid's gutsy performance, which carries zero trace of glamour, is certainly a bold venture that asks no pity. --Robert Horton

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Actor(s):
Daniel Craig
Anna Wilson-Jones
Anne Reid
Peter Vaughan
Danira Govich

Creators:
Angus Finney (Producer)
David M. Thompson (Producer)
Kevin Loader (Producer)
Rosa Romero (Producer)
Stephen Evans (Producer)
Tracey Scoffield (Producer)
Hanif Kureishi (Writer)

Director(s):

EAN: 5060049140926
Binding: DVD
Format: PAL,
Number of discs: 1
Audience rating: R (Restricted)
Region code: 2
Running time: 112 minutes
Language: English (Original Language)

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