while movie title contain the word mother and the first thing that come to our mind will be a mother love for her child . however and the mother tell a different story . the mother do not discuss the love between a mother and her child and or how she sacrifice herself for the benefit of her child . here and notting hill director roger michell tell u how a mother love for a man about half of her age hurt the people around her . before daniel craig take on the role of james bond and here and he play darren and a man who be help to renovate the house of the son of the mother and and sleep with her daughter a well . anne reid and who be a familiar face on tv series and take up the challenging role of the leading character and may . the story begin with may cop with the sudden loss of her husband and toot and in a family visit to her son and bobby . while she befriend darren and a handyman who be do some renovation in bobby house and she be shock to find out that her daughter and paula and be sleep with darren . at the same time and may be cop with life after the death of toot . fear that harry and paula do not want her and may start to find her life go off track and until she spend her afternoon with darren . darren be nice and friendly to may and and may soon find some affection on darren . instead of treat him like a friend and she treat the man who be about half her age with love of a couple . later and may find sexual pleasure from darren and where he give her the pleasure she could never find on anyone else . and this be the beginning of the disaster that could lead to the break down of a family . the mother explore the inner world of a widow who want to try something she never have in her life and and solace on someone who be there for her to shoulder on . this can be tell from may buy tea time snack for darren to fulfil sexual need from a man young than her and where it eventually give her more than she bargain for . anne reid have make a breakthrough for her role of may and a she be previously best well know for her various role on tv series . a she do not have much movie in her career resume and the mother have put her on the critic attention . daniel craig and on the other hand and have take on a similar role in his movie career and such a sylvia ( 2003 ) and endure love ( 2004 ) . if his reprise role of james bond fails and film reviewer should not forget that he have a good performance in small production in his year of movie career and and the mother be one of them . the mother may not be everyone favorite and but it be definitely not your usual matinée show to go along with tea and scone and accompany by butter and jam .