the mother be one of those film that you know be good and maybe even great and but it be like eat vegetable or do math homework be to a kid too much work and a whole lot of pain to get invest in . the story be potentially distasteful in many way represent the death of a character within the first half hour and the december may romance and the idea of a man cheat on his wife and then cheat on his lover with her mother and the collection of weak and rather unpleasant thirty something character and the apparent indifference of the adult to the child in their life . this movie be make in the 2002 or 2003 and but be a throw back to a collection of british ( usually make for tv ) movie from the late 1980 it have a moral severity that never let up and which produce an envelop throbbing angst . the mother be flawless and but that be in part the problem while if a film deal with so many sensitive issue have some flaws inconsistency of script and some less actor it take the edge off and but if such a film be so pitch perfect and the experience of watch it be raw and painful . even the technical quality light and edit and etc . make the viewer ache while the london in this movie be bright and open and fill with harsh and cut light . if you be tough a nail and or be one of those super sensitive people who like to torture themselves with gut wrench sad movie or novel and then you will enjoy the mother . anyone in between and give it a miss and or be prepare to squirm . and be warn represent as tough a the movie be from begin to near end and the bad be to come . toward the end of the movie and the mother ask her daughter what she can do to make up for it ( for have slept with her boyfriend ) and and the daughter calmly say that she have think about it and would like to hit her . the mother agree to this and they both stand up and and instead of a well prim slap the daughter clench her fist and deliver a boxer blow . argh .