The story of the mother and the loving wife of her family, who lives in the countryside of England and is called Gina, whose efforts are undermined over time because she is a mother and wife performing her duties with her family. As time passes, her mental health deteriorates, leading her to the mental hospital because of the development of the strange concerns that occur daily. Her daughter Alice is trying to deal with her mother, who is being treated intensely, and perhaps there will be chaos causing a mysterious comedy.
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.
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.
