sweet and entertain tale of a young 17 half year old boy and control by by an overbear religious mother and withdrawn father and and how he find himself through his work with a retired and eccentric and tragic actress . very well act and especially by julie walter . rupert grint play the role of the teenage boy well and show his talent will last long than the harry potter series of film . laura linney play his ruthlessly strict mother without a hint of redemption and so there no room to like her at all . but the film be a very entertaining film and make well by the british in the style of the like of keep mum and calendar girl .