Storyline

May (Anne Reid) is a middle-aged grandmother who lives in Northern England with her husband, Toots (Peter Vaughan). When Toots dies while the couple is visiting their children in London, May begins to feel a sense of isolation and falls into a deep depression. Needing something new and vital to cling to, May takes refuge in the arms of Darren (Daniel Craig), a burly handyman who is not only half her age and married, but also sleeping with her daughter, Paula (Cathryn Bradshaw).

Plot Keywords

grandmother, daughter, son, handyman, lover, wife, solemn, passionate, london, england, apartment, house, street, love triangle, mother/child relationship, alienation, sex, revitalization, aging, forbidden love, temptation, 2000s

Short Review

Quite apart from her unclad courage in the sex scenes, 62-year-old Anne Reid conveys the dilemmas of her age and her hesitant path to liberation with extraordinary and moving subtlety.

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