Anna Friel, Julie Cox, Molly Parker

Shortly after English seamstress Lily (Anna Friel) marries and has a child with Canadian soldier Charlie (Aden Young), he ships out to World War II. Moving to his family's farm in Canada, Lily finds h...( read more  read more... )erself stuck in a lonely place and at odds with her husband's kin. Brenda Fricker co-stars as Charlie's hostile mother, and Molly Parker plays Sylvia, Lily's disabled sister-in-law.

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Unrated, 107 min.

Directed by: Lyndon Chubbuck

Release Date: December 8, 2001

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DVD Release Date: September 7, 2004

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  • September 26, 2009
    This movie was a little disappointing for me. I didn't like the way it played out. Yes eventually the family warmed up to her but it bothers me that they never really apologized for treating her they way they did. I give her credit for staying! It was nice to see that the fam...( read more)ily and Charlie finally became lovable in the end.
  • September 13, 2009
    "Bleedin' hell!"

    Sorry, I couldn't find any quotes and this was the only one I remembered seeing as it seemed to be Anna Friel's response to everything. This was an interesting premise for a film, but not done very well here. The character comes across as just incredibly ...( read more)stupid - not in the sense that she's supposed to be a common working class London girl, but just in the decisions she makes. She stays with her husband's family (the cold mother in law and jealous 'disabled' sister in law) who don't say much more to her than "cover yourself" and shoot her dirty looks, despite the fact that she hates it there and has plenty of opportunities to pack up and leave. She even gives the family her money sent to her from her husband!

    The fact that she keeps telling her friend to 'keep her pecker up', even though she's living in complete luxury also doesn't make any sense. And what was with the old woman touching herself in the bedroom? Was that at all necessary? Everyone seems to just forgive and forget so easily for the sake of a happy ending - the sister-in-law embraces her wooden leg and forgives her love interest for wanting to sleep with Anna Friel, and then Friel's character also accepts her husband back despite saying that she's no longer in love with him. And it claims it's based on a true story. Probably very loosely based.

    And who made it ok for a fully grown child to play a baby?! She's born, and then all of a sudden looks about 10 years older than she's supposed to be - could they really not just get a baby?

    Very disappointing, and I'm sort of annoyed that I spent even a quid on this.

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  • May 24, 2009
    I love this movie..watched it so many times!!!
  • March 24, 2009
    this is the best movie ever u have to check it out
  • February 21, 2009
    This one was a bit sad, but still good. I loved Anna Friel's style in this movie, her clothing matched her personality haha.
  • December 7, 2008
    no thanks not my kinda thing
  • October 13, 2007
    Really good. But she shouldnt cheat on him with his sisters boyfriends. Scum!
  • August 10, 2007
    Ya lol, im in this movie!
  • July 22, 2007
    FAMILY MOVIE SEEN IT 30X STILL NOT TIRED OF IT
  • April 6, 2007
    good movie - just bought it!

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  • tman915
    August 11, 2007
    Hi, i'm tyler. The actor, A.K.A the little boy, or was the little boy. And i have to say anna friel is amazing. I remember sitting at the table, (when charlie returned) and she offered me cake and everything. Then we got a bunch of pics, ofme and her together. She is amazing!

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