Adult Life Skills

Tunnard elevates an age old tale with a new setting and a smooth script, frequently hilarious, making her a filmmaker to watch.

Adult Life Skills is a wobbly but winsome film about pain and the friends who pull us through kicking and screaming.

Jodie Whittaker's performance humanizes the film's troubled protagonist better than the story.

This is one of those so-called British comedies that is not remotely clever or amusing, even in the rare moments when you can decipher what comes out of the mouths of actors who sound like they could be from Mars.

Sweet but less oddball than it thinks.

Whittaker is easily the best thing about the movie. When the script fails in its attempts to flesh out Anna's character, Whittaker comes to the rescue. She can be funny, profane, dour, and heartbreaking. Oh, and quirky.

Jodie Whittaker’s commanding lead turn aside — is the central pleasure of Adult Life Skills: how it sort of sneaks up on you when it comes to the power of its skillfully-performed emotional beats...

The feature debut of writer-director Rachel Tunnard, this is a such a charming bittersweet British indie. Just delightful.

A hugely enjoyable film that has at its heart a terrific performance by Jodie Whittaker.

It's an impressive feature debut for Rachel Tunnard who has directed, written and edited this expansion of her award-nominated short film Emotional Fusebox, made with the same actors.