this be an excellent film deal with a potentially exploitative subject with great sensitivity . anne reid and previously best know in the uk for her tv role include dinnerladies ( a victoria wood script series on in company catering worker and if youre wonder ) and give a performance of finely judged understatement a may and a late 60 bereave mother of two chatter class adult in an inner london borough . her husband toot ( peter vaughan ) die on their visit to the male of the latter specie ( bobby ) and and we see the pair be rather casually greet by bobby and his family . may teacher daughter paula ( cathryn bradshaw ) live nearby and however and and the relationship between may and paula initially appear closer . thus when may decide she can not live in her own home and come back to london and she be able to stay in paula house and do some child minding of paula more appreciative offspring . it be on may visit to bobby house that she embark on an affair with darren and a mid 30 friend of bobby who be work on a house extension . in what may be the first mainstream british film to so portray it and it be may and not darren ( daniel craig ) who initiate the encounter and and and at least to begin with and it seem that the relationship be found on mutual respect . there be no explicit sexual content ( at least in the dvd i saw represent difference in the imdb cast list suggest the existence of other version ) and and the physical basis of the affair be handle directly but not exploitatively . more strongly portray be the relationship between may and daughter paula and a recent convert to therapy and self exploration and who announce that mummy have never be supportive of her . paula be also darren lover and and when she find may explicit but rather poor drawing of darren and may together and thing go downhill in dramatic but controlled fashion . only in an english film and perhaps and could a daughter announce that she be go to hit her mother and politely ask her to stand up and and duly wallop her . in the mean time and may be be draw into a putative relationship with a decent but old ( of her own generation ) member of paula write group . the contrast between the ensue unwanted intercourse and her affair with darren be clearly make while it be at that point that may start to acquiesce to paula and and darren worm begin to turn ( he reveal on cocaine that he may have be after her money and if not all along and but for some of the ride ) . so may find herself superfluous to both of her child need and and finally do return home ( but later leave on a jet plane for pasture new ) . the film strength be that it portray with unflinching but sympathetic truth the nature of contemporary adult parent sibling relationship and where bereavement may leave the survive parent feel more alone than if they have no one to care for them . this be not new and but the openness of the portrayal of sexual need in the over 60 may well be . the darkness of the film content and from a screenplay by hanif kureishi and stand in contrast to the way in which it be lit ( it seem to be perpetual summer ) and and the overall mood be uplift it could so easily have be yet another piece set in a dour and rainy england . the end be perhaps under write and a we do not know where may be go or for how long perhaps she shirley valentine with a pension and she certainly no picasso . anne reid be and however and reveal a a fine actor whose professional life will surely have change forever . like julie andrew in torn curtain ( say by paul newman ) and there go your mary poppins { read dinnerladies } image for good . yes and he represent announce oct 2005 a the new james bond .