Herself

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Cast & Crew

Clare Dunne
Sandra

Harriet Walter
Peggy

Conleth Hill
Aido

Cathy Belton
Jo

Rebecca O'Mara
Grainne

Sean Duggan
Ciaran Crowley

Liz Fitzgibbon
Homeless Mother

Molly McCann
Molly Kelly

Phyllida Lloyd
Director

Malcolm Campbell
Screenwriter

Clare Dunne
Screenwriter

Rory Gilmartin
Producer

Ed Guiney
Producer

Sharon Horgan
Producer

Mary Burke
Executive Producer

Rose Garnett
Executive Producer

Phyllida Lloyd
Executive Producer

Andrew Lowe
Executive Producer

Tom Comerford
Cinematography

Rebecca Lloyd
Film Editing

Natalie Holt
Original Music

Tamara Conboy
Production Design

Nenazoma McNamee
Art Director

Riad Karim
Set Decoration

Consolata Boyle
Costume Design

Louise Kiely
Casting

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Audience Reviews for Herself

• Mar 09, 2021

  Having only directed three features in the last twelve years and considering those two features were the vastly different Meryl Streep vehicles Mamma Mia! and The Iron Lady, one was curious at to what Phyllida Lloyd might do with a rather straightforward drama like Herself which has no such musical aspirations or the ambition of capturing the life of an influential historical figure. It would also be Lloyd's first feature venture without Streep in the lead, but instead - this time around - Lloyd landed on a screenplay from writer/actor Clare Dunne who has starred in a handful of shorts and TV episodes, but nothing as involved or high-profile as her first crack at screenwriting alongside Malcolm Campbell. Herself, conspicuously spelled in all lower case letters on the poster as if to convey the diminutive feelings of our protagonist even in the marketing materials, is a story of a young mother in an abusive relationship, the strength and hardened determination it takes to leave that relationship only to find that overcoming one obstacle opens the floodgates to a thousand more. Dunne is one thousand percent the reason this otherwise flimsy film works, but its heart is obviously in the right place and Lloyd is able to strike such an endearing tone that it's nearly impossible not to be dragged into the conflict and therefore root that the characters nimbly resolve their issues in a satisfying, but almost more importantly - prosperous - fashion. As Sandra, Dunne is in nearly every frame of the film and is strapped with the responsibility and weight of not only carrying that character's burdens, but conveying the full gamut of emotions Sandra experiences; from the completeness she enjoys from spending time with her two daughters, the justifiable terror incited when her partner and the children's father enters the picture, as well as the strength she develops through a support team highlighted by the presence of Harriet Walter's Peggy. Engaging, but not wholly captivating Herself is a sturdy little drama that shines a light on the important topic of domestic violence with a nice focus on not only the strength it takes to overcome it, but to move beyond it.
  Philip P Super Reviewer

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