A maid living in post-World War I England secretly plans to meet with the man she loves before he leaves to marry another woman.... (Full plot summary below)
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A maid living in post-World War I England secretly plans to meet with the man she loves before he leaves to marry another woman.
Leave your thoughts about Mothering Sunday.
| Original-CinJennie PunterMothering Sunday, which unfolds on one day in the 1920s English countryside, is an exquisite expression of the female gaze that sifts through the memories, reveries, and revelations of a writer and explores—in a story that captures “the whole feeling of life,” as one character puts it— how she became one. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMothering Sunday is most likely a one-of-a-kind hybrid, a brilliant one-off. |
| Screen DailyWendy IdeIt’s a richly detailed mosaic of a movie which pays as much attention to emotional authenticity – a dull ache of grief which is the aftermath of the First World War and a smouldering yearning between the two lovers – as it does to the story itself. |
| The PlaylistCaroline TsaiA thoughtful if occasionally melodramatic reflection on the nature of grief. |
| The TelegraphTim RobeyThere’s so much distinction here, and maybe just a slight vagueness about theme as Husson nears the finish line: it’s a tough ask to end a film well which is so given over to memory, and this becomes a bit of a waft in the general direction of closure. |
| The Film StageJared MobarakHusson leads us through tiny moments building up an origin story of sorts for who Jane will become. These experiences and these observations become the basis of a book about life’s beauty and tragedy binding us in ways that transcend economic and social standing. |
| Time OutAnna SmithMothering Sunday isn’t exactly a cheery watch, but it’s an intelligent, affecting British drama with a splash of French sensuality. |
| The Observer (UK)Mark KermodeIt’s the more deceptively restrained and poetic elements that strike home. |
| Paste MagazineBrianna ZiglerWhile countered by a throughline which is a bit on-the-nose—that loss comes for us all, and that what matters is how we choose to live with it—Mothering Sunday still succeeds as a moving, beautifully crafted and sensual period picture. |
| The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Anne T. DonahueTriumphantly, Young’s work with her ever-changing (and aging) character succeeds in bringing a complicated and resilient character to life. |
