Inspired by the bad past that chases her, a young beautiful woman, who names herself as' the funny cow', creates her own stand up comedy, where she criticizes men, by telling the miserable stories and experiences with man, throughout her life, where she receives abuse by her father, during her childhood, till the moment, as she has a rude husband, these factors leads to her great success.
In a time when far right attitudes are increasingly normalised, we have to ask ourselves, is it ever okay for a film to give audiences the opportunity to laugh at jokes that offer direct prejudice to minorities, regardless of the historical context?
Playing a northern working-class woman in the 1970s who tries to become a stand-up comedian, Maxine Peake gives a charismatic performance, but can't make up for the thinness of Adrian Shergold's drama.