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In the countryside of England, a small family lives and tries to cope with the stresses of everyday life. Mother Gina is an ideal mother and wife who does her homework perfectly but over time her efforts are undermined and become weak physically and mentally. Her mental health deteriorated, leading to her admission to the mental hospital because of the many strange concerns that accompany her every day. Years later, her daughter Alice is trying to deal with her mother who is intensively treating the aging dimension, and perhaps there will be comedy chaos afterwards.
Hunt is hugely watchable in the central role and Brand, adapting from her own novel, should be congratulated for stubbornly avoiding narrative convention.
The way it interrogates and eventually embraces an unconventional female character and upends assumptions regarding mental illness is something to be celebrated.
Keith English's film of Jo Brand's novel has a typical Brit-flick kind of hokiness, and this limits the poignancy of the heroine's relationship with her mother.
It is a bit rough around the edges at times, with some pretty broad dramatic effects, but the narrative motor keeps humming and the sheer force of sympathy drives it along.