Vera Drake
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Movie Reviews of Vera Drake
Movie Review: ** Subtly Beautiful **
Summary: 5 Stars
The main actress (Imelda Staunton) who plays the charachter Vera Drake did a fine job in this movie. The movie does not hit you over the head with moral preaching about abortion ... it gives you very subtle emotions based on how those around Vera Drake respond to what she is doing when she is found out. There is no happy ending here. It is not a feel good movie, but just the same it is beautiful. I believe Imelda Staunton was nominated for an Oscar for this role. Hillary Swank (who I love) won the Best Actress Oscar this year for her role in Million Dollar Baby (another fabulous movie). I'd say between the two of them, its a tough call.Movie Review: Vera Drake
Summary: 5 Stars
Written and directed by the gifted Mike Leigh, this heart-wrenching drama concerns a woman whose almost saintly sense of charity extends to all around her, but whose naiveté ultimately results in a traumatic reckoning with authority. Though he's dealing with a hot-button issue, Leigh does not moralize or sentimentalize, leaving us to mull the fate of an abortionist who even the police are loath to vilify. In a movie chock-full of outstanding performances, Staunton's Oscar-nominated turn as the kindly Vera is an acting feat of rare heart and authenticity. One of Leigh's most thoughtful and emotionally hard-hitting films.Movie Review: A Masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
Mike Leigh has done it again.....in spades.The acting individually and as an ensemble is terrific.The period detail is sPot on and not over the top as is usual with so much period cinema.The sense of tragedy is relentlessly drawn out to its conclusion.
A controversial subject I think Leigh steers the viewer through the story without putting any real bias in te way.It is about ordinary people in rather oedinary circumstances but the scale of the tragedy is huge ,Imelda Staunton delivers one of the most commited performances I have ever seen.It will become a classic.
Movie Review: Briefly, Another Perspective
Summary: 5 Stars
As a long-time Mike Leigh fan, I feel that all of his movies are ensemble pieces, and this one is no exception. Yes, Imelda Staunton's performance is remarkable, but so are the performances of the rest of the cast. What IS un-Leigh-like about these characters is that they are so deftly understated that attention must be paid to the non-verbal - actions and reactions. Fortunately, the settings and ambience are so intimate that this is easy to do.
Go get a cup of tea and prepare to appreciate this gem of a film.
(You can keep your knickers on though.)
Movie Review: It's all about emotions, it's a good movie
Summary: 5 Stars
The acting is superb, it's very convincing. The movie makes one deeply think about the justice and the society, what's evil and what's good. For me it's obvious Vera Drake is not a criminal. She was helping people around, regardless whether these were her family members, neighbours or those women in trouble demanding, repeat, demanding help. There aren't many openhearted and kind people these days that would risk their lives to help the others.