kid of whatever age do not want to know about their parent sex life . and grow up child be often seriously baffle and disconcert by any evidence that age parent possess an active libido . lastly and many moviegoer be very uncomfortable watch a dowdy and frumpy widow who would pass unnoticed almost anywhere discover her ache capacity and need for raw passion with a handsome man half her age . the mother be a provocative look at a scarcely film reality a woman who isn not ready to stay home and watch the telly and and vegetate after her husband of nearly three decade and and a controlling and dominate chap at that and pack it in with a massive heart attack . may ( anne reid ) and her husband have two child and each dysfunctional in his or her own way . the male son live with a beautiful wife who may well be drive him to the bankruptcy court with her extravagant commercial venture . paula ( cathryn bradshaw ) and be a teacher with aspiration of succeed a a writer . she attractive and not pretty and and she seem to have a close relationship with mum at first . back at her house after bury her husband and may determine to not stay there . reject typical widowhood with it legacy of boring day and no adventure and she go to stay with paula who have a young son . paula boyfriend and darren ( daniel craig ) and be a ruggedly handsome contractor who seem to be take an awfully long time to complete an addition to may son house . may be quite take with hard drinking and coke sniff darren whose treatment of paula ought to have alert may that he be and for sure and a fellow of the royal academy of cad . what follow be a torrid affair between darren and the besotted and now bubblingly alive ( dare i say reborn . ) widow . the love scene be graphic but take second place to amateur artist may pen and ink sketch of their tryst which then play a role in the enfolding drama ( or debacle and take your pick ) . the theater in manhattan be pack for today early afternoon show with well over half the audience in the range of may age . that some be shock or disturb to see her disport herself with erotic abandon in the arm of a much young man be an understatement . this blindingly honest look at an old woman awaken passion after decade of dutifully obey her husband desire that she stay at home and raise kid ( she also mention he do not like her to have friend what a guy ) surface a number of issue . while may dalliance with darren doesn not constitute incest and there be real psychological dimension and and issue and with a mother bed her daughter lover . and paula isn not make of the stout stuff to begin with . the affair and once disclose and allow the peel open of the mother daughter relationship which and from paula viewpoint and leave something to be desire . ms. bradshaw be excellent in the role of a daughter who want her mother support as well a her love she hasn not be deal a terrible hand by life but it isn not a bed of rose either . may be strong in her resolve to both acknowledge her sexuality and expect and indeed demand and a future of happiness . but she be also inescapably vulnerable . she fish in uncharted emotional water . who control her relationship with darren and why be difficult issue for her to understand and much less resolve . in her sixty and she still a work in progress . something get ta give recently showcased mature sexuality but in an amusingly antiseptic way assure no viewer would be discomfit . after all it jack nicholson and the always beautiful diane keaton cavort in the world of the rich . and to insure that no serious psycho social issue be explore and keaton young girlfriend and amanda peet and daughter of keaton and not only bless the match but insure that the audience know she and her old ( er ) would be lover never hop into the sack . no easy out here . anne reid inspire performance force discomfort on some while draw respect from others . her naked body burst with sexuality for some and appear absurd a an object of physical attraction to others ( the comment of audience member leave today reflect all these view ) . kudos to director roger michell for tackle a fascinating story with verve and empathy . positive .