Fresh
A pleasingly sentimental British domestic drama.
Philip Marchand, Toronto Star
Overview
Maggie, a quiet retiring grandmother, finds herself helpless as her grandson’s health deteriorates. When one last chance appears, but money is desperately short, Maggie acts to raise the cash in a fashion that surprises everyone but her...
Director and cast
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Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Rotten
takes the notion of risque empowerment a few preposterous steps further.
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Rotten
Although director and co-writer Sam Garbarski takes great care in tracing this difficult dramatic path (he has to balance the twin tracks of other people's morality and Maggie's personal course), he can't avoid the predictability.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
This would never have worked with anyone else but Faithfull, who gives a touching performance even as she flaunts her 40-year metamorphosis from porcelain pop diva to elderly bad girl.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh
Irina Palm is saddled with an odd title, an outlandish plot and an unlikely star--notorious rock maven Marianne Faithfull cast as a suburban frump. But it turns out a success
Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune
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