The Mother, is about a woman in her 60's named May, who lives with her husband Toots. They go to visit their daughter Paula in London, and while there Toots passes away. May, stays with Paula for awhile and Paula explains to her that she is in love and dating a man named Darren, who is a contractor who is working on an addition to the house. Paula is worried that Darren may not love her so she gets May to spend some time with him to find out. As they spend time together the two of them start to form a relationship of their own despite their age difference and they have to keep this a secret from Paula, and the rest of the family. Winner of The ALFS Award for British Actress Of The Year (Anne Reid, who plays May) at The London Critics Circle Film Awards. The Mother, has good direction, a good script, good performances from everybody involved, good original music and good cinematography. The Mother, is a well made and very well acted film and it starts out looking like it will be a good film and it is OK but it never quite delivers the emotions or passion that I think it wants to. Sometimes the film feels like there is too much going on and there really isn't a single character to like or feel sympathy towards in this film. After awhile the film also becomes quite slow and as time went on I started losing interest in it. The film is well made and has some really good performances but the end result really left no impact on me at all when I think it is trying to and it just really didn't do anything for me. Not a terrible film but it is not a film for me and in my opinion not nearly as good as some critics have said it is. A flawed film that could have been good but it just never quite makes it.
Review of The Mother
