I've not read the book, but I felt that a lot of potentially interesting detail was missing from this film. Why the poor relationship with Tully and his Dad Woodbine? Where were Jimmys family and why didn't he get on with them? What happened to Hog? How did Limbo die and where? I also found Tullys rude health throughout very distracting! Even in the last scenes he was hale and hearty, leaping about with a football. Poor Ashley Jensen, acting her socks off, but ultimately a selfish character, wanting her husband to hang on as long as possible in agony purely for her sake, plus, I found her a bit exhausting to be honest. Maybe I was in the wrong mood for this, but it didn't give me the feels I think it was aiming for.
Review of Mayflies
