Ladybird Ladybird (1994)

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A single mother struggles against the British social service system and her own troubled past in director Ken Loach's brutally realistic drama. Coming from a background of abuse and poverty, the hardened Maggie (Crissy Rock) has already suffered through a series of painful romances when she falls for the caring Jorge (Vladimir Vega), and they begin a loving but turbulent relationship. Their situation takes a turn for the worse when Maggie becomes pregnant, for her troubled past has left her

R, 1 hr. 42 min.

Drama

Directed By: Ken Loach

In Theaters: Jun 16, 1994 Wide

On DVD: Sep 12, 1995

Hallmark Entertainment

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Cast

Crissy Rock
Maggie Conlan
Vladimir Vega
Jorge Arellano
Ray Winstone
Simon
Sandie Lavelle
Mairead
Mauricio Gonz�lez Venegas
Adrian
Jason Stracey
Sean
Luke Brown
Mickey
Lily Farrell
Serena
Bruce Alexander
Lawyer
Linda Ross
Maggie's mother
Tom Keller
Social worker
Stephen Webber
Lawyer
Clare Pekins
Jill

Critic Reviews for Ladybird Ladybird

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Crissy Rock renders the best, toughest performance by an actress this year in Loach's relentlessly grim, alomost too painful to watch drama about a woman who loses six of her children to the state's social service authorities--not for the squeamish.

November 14, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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A bleak drama.

January 18, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

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Ladybird, Ladybird was a story about a British woman who struggled to keep her children. Ken Loach's movies were always good and they dealt with sad and hard subjects. She has had an unhappy childhood, has been beaten and mistreated by all the men in her life and social services had taken away her children from her,

April 2, 2010