Vera Drake R
Wife. Mother. Criminal.
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DVD Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 5 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 29, 2005
- Originally Released: 2004
- Label: New Line Home Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Imelda Staunton & Phil Davis | |
Performer: | Peter Wight, Eddie Marsan, Adrian Scarborough, Sally Hawkins & Ruth Sheen | |
Directed by | Mike Leigh | |
Screenwriting by | Mike Leigh | |
Composition by | Andrew Dickson | |
Produced by | Simon Williams & Alain Sarde | |
Director of Photography: | Dick Pope |
Entertainment Reviews:
[S]tunning and compassionate....Leigh goes somewhere deeper in his lifelong cinematic interest in class bonds and conflicts.
Entertainment Weekly
This is the kind of people-driven story that the movies used to give us -- before special effects took over.
USA Today
Rating: 4/5 --
Aside from the performances, which are uniformly excellent, the greatest strength of Mike Leigh's drama is its non-judgmental stance on abortion.
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BBC.com
Staunton lends the role of Vera a great emotional complexity, eschewing any facile moral response to the social and sexual issues at the heart of the film.
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Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Rating: 4/5 --
La película confirma a Mike Leigh como uno de los mejores representantes del cine británico, y a Imelda Staunton como una de sus mejores actrices.
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Uruguay Total
Rating: B+ --
Imelda Staunton delivers an indelible performance as a woman with a frighteningly simplistic idea of the world and how to live in it.
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Looking Closer
Rating: 5/5 --
With Vera Drake, [Leigh] has made his most controversial and accessible work
Orlando Sentinel
Product Description:
Mike Leigh produces another devastating masterpiece with the heartbreaking VERA DRAKE. Imelda Staunton is the title character, beloved wife of Stan (Phil Davis) and mother of Sid (Daniel Mays) and Ethel (Alex Kelly). Vera spends her days cleaning houses for money and looking in on elderly and sick neighbors out of the kindness of her heart. She even attempts to be a matchmaker for her daughter, inviting a lonely neighbor, Reg (Eddie Marsan), to see if he might be a perfect match for the introverted Ethel. But Vera performs another duty that her family doesn't know about, one that is deeply frowned upon by society. When tragedy befalls a young client of Vera's, the truth comes out, forcing her family to see their mother in an entirely different light.
Staunton gives a towering performance and, in typical Mike Leigh fashion, the story, characters, and script were built from a grueling and intricate improvisation process, resulting in a film that burns with heart-wrenching sincerity. Rather than take a heavy-handed approach towards his controversial subject matter, Leigh heroically remains non-judgmental, delivering an achingly humanistic drama that will linger with audiences long after they leave the theater.
Staunton gives a towering performance and, in typical Mike Leigh fashion, the story, characters, and script were built from a grueling and intricate improvisation process, resulting in a film that burns with heart-wrenching sincerity. Rather than take a heavy-handed approach towards his controversial subject matter, Leigh heroically remains non-judgmental, delivering an achingly humanistic drama that will linger with audiences long after they leave the theater.
Description by Warner Home Video:
Based on a true story, Vera Drake tells of a woman in 1950s England who is devoted to caring for her family, but secretly aids women who want to terminated unwanted pregnancies. When the authorities find her out, Vera's world and family life rapidly unravel.
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- UPC: 794043784125
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