Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Helena Bergström | ... | Nancy Ackerman / Emily Bradley | |
Lorcan Cranitch | ... | Harold Bradley | |
Lindsay Duncan | ... | Audrey Pretty | |
Tim Dutton | ... | Father Talbot | |
Rolf Lassgård | ... | Deafy | |
Natasha Little | ... | Peggy Pretty | |
Elizabeth Spriggs | ... | Laura Pretty | |
Peter Vaughan | ... | Edward Pretty | |
Rollo Weeks | ... | Jack Bradley | |
Eileen Atkins | ... | School Matron | |
Marc Pickering | ... | Dinger Bell | |
Simon Paisley Day | ... | Headmaster Weare | |
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Bohdan Poraj | ... | Teacher |
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John Joe Regan | ... | Geoffrey Thicket |
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James Hawkins | ... | Jack Bradley (young) |
Set in post-war England, a mysterious woman arrives at the Prettys' rural family home on the eve of young Jack Bradley's (Rollo Weeks') sixteenth birthday. Her remarkable likeness to a Pretty family member who tragically died in an accident eight-years-ago baffles and unsettles the family.
Disney without the attention to detail.
Very choppy direction ruins a reasonably decent plot and, at times, good acting.
The feeling that you are watching a 90 minute cigarette commercial doesn't exactly heighten the experience.
Nutley has, for reasons unknown, a relatively solid fan base - but surely their patience must be stretched close to breaking point with this performance.