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Wasp

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Natalie Press, Jodie Mitchell, Kaitlyn Raynor, Molly Griffiths, and Danny Daley in Wasp (2003)
ShortDrama
A struggling single mother is determined not to let her four young children be an obstacle in the pursuit of starting a relationship with an old acquaintance.A struggling single mother is determined not to let her four young children be an obstacle in the pursuit of starting a relationship with an old acquaintance.A struggling single mother is determined not to let her four young children be an obstacle in the pursuit of starting a relationship with an old acquaintance.
IMDb RATING
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POPULARITY
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    • Director
      • Andrea Arnold
    • Writer
      • Andrea Arnold
    • Stars
      • Natalie Press
      • Danny Dyer
      • Jodie Mitchell
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Andrea Arnold
    • Writer
      • Andrea Arnold
    • Stars
      • Natalie Press
      • Danny Dyer
      • Jodie Mitchell
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    • 27User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    • Won 1 Oscar
      • 22 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Natalie Press in Wasp (2003)
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    Natalie Press
    Natalie Press
    • Zoë
    Danny Dyer
    Danny Dyer
    • Dave
    Jodie Mitchell
    • Kelly
    Molly Griffiths
    • Sinead
    Kaitlyn Raynor
    • Leanne
    Danny Daley
    • Kai
    Lizzie Colbert
    • Bullet-head
    Ashley Routledge
    • Brown-haired girl
    Tabitha Crewe
    • Barmaid
    • Director
      • Andrea Arnold
    • Writer
      • Andrea Arnold
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    • Trivia
      Sound recordist Neil Robert Herd plays guitar and sings in alt-bluegrass band The Coal Porters.
    • Connections
      Featured in The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005)
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    User reviews27

    Review
    Top review
    Joins The Ranks of The Music Box
    The winner for best short film at the 2005 Oscars,this well-made,gritty and honest film seems to me to have a very ambivalent attitude towards it's main character Zoe(convincingly played by Nathalie Press).

    A single mother living on a grim council estate,she's prepared to scrap with a woman who attacked her kids by going to her house dressed merely in a nightie,then uses the most foul,gutter language in front of them(all pre-teen).Capable of behaving like an sweet angel one minute,and a gross harridan the next,she attempts to have some fun with a sympathetic suitor(Danny Dyer),but with no partner or babysitter in sight this is doomed to failure,with dire consequences for her children,left outside a pub.

    The film charts the difficulties that such women face(or perhaps bring on themselves),and the subject of social services is frequently brought up.But is there a happy ending in store with the would-be suitor? The film will probably have different interpretations by Social Libreals and Right-Wing Fundamental Moralists because of this ambivalence.Despite it's undoubted quality,Laurel & Hardy's THE MUSIC BOX(1932),is still the best short ever awarded the Oscar for me!
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    • Release date
      • April 2004 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Official site
      • Wasp (2003) short film
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Оса
    • Filming locations
      • Dartford, Kent, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • FilmFour
      • UK Film Council
      • Cowboy Films
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    • Runtime
      26 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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