Anne Reid is a marvelous actor, simply marvelous. Some things that were strange were the lack of grieving or things around a just-died family father and grandfather. The ending was a shocker, keeping the contractor in the family, such a real picture of family dysfunction, though. Families have these interjections, he was an addict, lost in his personal life, user of women, and part of the family. These interjections come in many forms, addiction, profound physical illness, mental illness. The dysfunction was the family in keeping him. The brother-sister relationship was portrayed really well. The insecure daughter was realistic along with the "winning" sibling, and the uncaring daughter-in-law. . It really was a brilliantly done movie. Very sad commentary on being old but she was headed for open horizons.
Review of The Mother
