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A Song for Jenny

  • TV Movie
  • 20152015
  • TV-MATV-MA
  • 1h 17m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
305
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Emily Watson in A Song for Jenny (2015)
  • Drama
In the aftermath of the July 7th, 2005 bombings in London, a woman desperately searches for her missing daughter, who may have been caught up in the attacks.In the aftermath of the July 7th, 2005 bombings in London, a woman desperately searches for her missing daughter, who may have been caught up in the attacks.In the aftermath of the July 7th, 2005 bombings in London, a woman desperately searches for her missing daughter, who may have been caught up in the attacks.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
305
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Brian Percival
  • Writers
    • Frank McGuinness
    • Julie Nicholson(adapted from the book "A Song for Jenny" by)
  • Stars
    • Emily Watson
    • Ryan Coath
    • Nicola Wren
Top credits
  • Director
    • Brian Percival
  • Writers
    • Frank McGuinness
    • Julie Nicholson(adapted from the book "A Song for Jenny" by)
  • Stars
    • Emily Watson
    • Ryan Coath
    • Nicola Wren
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    • 8User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Gwilym Lee in A Song For Jenny (2015)
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    Noah Jupe in A Song for Jenny (2015)

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    Emily Watson
    Emily Watson
    • Julie Nicholson
    Ryan Coath
    • Mourner
    Nicola Wren
    • Jenny
    Steven Mackintosh
    Steven Mackintosh
    • Greg
    Martha Mackintosh
    • Lizzie
    Laurence Belcher
    Laurence Belcher
    • Thomas
    Alan Rothwell
    Alan Rothwell
    • Uncle Jimmie
    Gwilym Lee
    Gwilym Lee
    • James
    Anne Stallybrass
    • Mother
    June Watson
    June Watson
    • Auntie Karina
    John Woodvine
    John Woodvine
    • Father
    Sophie Dix
    Sophie Dix
    • Sharon
    Nicholas Asbury
    Nicholas Asbury
    • Martyn
    Edmund Digby-Jones
    • Cleric
    Paul Ryan Carberry
    • Drunk Begger
    Meg Salter
    Meg Salter
    • Joanne
    • (as Megan Salter)
    Noah Jupe
    Noah Jupe
    • William
    Poppy Miller
    Poppy Miller
    • Vanda
    • Director
      • Brian Percival
    • Writers
      • Frank McGuinness
      • Julie Nicholson(adapted from the book "A Song for Jenny" by)
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    • Trivia
      Father and daughter, Greg and Lizzie Nicholson, are played by real life father and daughter, Steven Mackintosh and Martha Mackintosh.
    • Soundtracks
      Build Me Up, Buttercup
      (uncredited)

      Written by Mike d'Abo and Tony Macaulay

      Performed by The Foundations

    User reviews8

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    Top review
    6/10
    "Must try harder"...
    To be honest, I struggled to get through this. I watched it almost out of a sense of duty, as I was a distant acquaintance of one of the victims of 7/7 (not Jenny Nicholson). The BBC usually handles this sort of thing rather well (they certainly assembled a decent cast), but not in this case. The whole thing was ponderous and ham-fisted, full of pregnant pauses and awkward silences (this is what passes for dramatic tension in our modern world). The lead character came out with portentous statements such as "these are my daughter's Stations of the Cross-I'm her mother-I shall be with her to the end", and "she didn't hate-nor must I", which hardly reconciled with her frustration with the authorities, and anger towards her daughter's murderer...

    There was little in the way of character development, yet new additions were introduced all the time, leaving the audience to guess their relationship to the (not yet confirmed) deceased, and nothing to indicate the crisis of faith that the main character faced (she has since resigned her position as a C of E Parish Priest) in coming to terms with her dichotomy of conscience: her anger directed towards Mohammad Sidique Khan, the suicide bomber responsible for her daughter's death, and her duty of care and forgiveness as a priest.

    The whole ensemble felt rushed, yet strangely drawn-out and impotent-it should have been explored in greater detail over a two-hour slot (after ten years, surely the BBC could have afforded to dedicate two hours on a Sunday night to the memory of these victims) instead of eighty minutes, and perhaps allocated some decent writers to the project-it felt like I was watching a screenplay written by pre-teens-they know they want to express the emotions of loss, anger, grief and resentment, but they don't really know how to it... I give it 6/10, with an exhortation to try harder next time!..
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    • Jul 5, 2015

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    • Release date
      • July 5, 2015 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • London, England, UK
    • Production company
      • BBC Northern Ireland Drama Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 17 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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