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Samantha Morton, who soon after this film gained attention for her role in Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown, makes an impressive feature debut in first time writer-director Carine Adler's bittersweet saga about a troubled woman's uneven progress toward self-realization. Morton plays Iris, a woman who feels ignored by her boyfriend Gary (Matthew Delamere), her self-possessed pregnant sister Rose (Claire Rushbrook), and even her beloved mother (Rita Tushingham). After their mother dies suddenly of
Jan 1, 1997 Wide
Feb 12, 2002
All Critics (29) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (4) | DVD (7)
In her feature debut, Adler shapes her film gracefully and elicits a scorching no-holds-barred, totally selfless portrayal from Morton.
Morton's Iris keeps going in circles... It's a spooky, movie-dominating performance.
Morton makes Iris real. Every moment she's on screen, the actress forces us to accept Iris as a living, breathing individual.
Although Iris has no idea who she is, Morton is utterly certain, and inhabits her temporarily defeated soul with an ease that knocks you out.
While Ms. Morton embodies the role with furious intensity and with a raw yet waifish presence that brings both Emily Watson and Claire Danes to mind, Ms. Adler directs the film in ways that live up to its title.
It isn't often that a film offers a heroine who is this aggressive, angry and self-punishing, and the filmmaker and her star work in perfect harmony to get at all the complexity behind it.
In what is one of the great "woman-descends-into-madness" flicks alongside "Repulsion," Morton is never less than searing.
... a raw and occasionally depressing first film with moments of chilling recognition and a remarkable young star.
Reminds us what it's like to see an actress go to work when she has a juicy role to play.
This film was shown last night on UK TV. Unfortunately I missed the first 20 minutes or so but the rest was so good I feel it is still worth commenting on. The film centres around the different reactions of two sisters to their mother's death - don't however get the impression that this is a film to be endured rather
February 10, 2011Super Reviewer
Farily interesting, a girl who gets less attention from mother who's life is spiraling out of control.
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