Edie (15.)
Directed by Simon Hunter.
Starring Sheila Hancock, Kevin Guthrie, Paul Brannigan, Amy Manson, Wendy Morgan, Rachael Keiller. 101 mins.
Or The Grumpy Englishwoman Who Went Up A Scottish Mountain Even Though She Was Well Over The Hill. After a dreary life spent with a man who split his existence between first being aggressive and controlling, and then, post stroke, being wheelchairbound and in need of constant care, the finally widowed Edie (Hancock,) decides to attempt an ascent of the remote highland peak, Mt Suilven.
Edie is one of those films where initially frosty first impressions are supposed to gradually thaw as we become involved in the characters and their story. Here though Edie remains a cranky old cow throughout and, though we understand why, her stubbornness doesn't become engaging while the partnership with young local guide (Guthrie) never moves beyond contrived. Hancock (85 and doing all her own stunts) and Guthrie are appealing performers, but the script seems to continually skip over the moments when we'd become engaged in their lives.
Still, the scenery is magnificent. The drone operator has done sterling work with flypasts of peaks and locks.
Directed by Simon Hunter.
Starring Sheila Hancock, Kevin Guthrie, Paul Brannigan, Amy Manson, Wendy Morgan, Rachael Keiller. 101 mins.
Or The Grumpy Englishwoman Who Went Up A Scottish Mountain Even Though She Was Well Over The Hill. After a dreary life spent with a man who split his existence between first being aggressive and controlling, and then, post stroke, being wheelchairbound and in need of constant care, the finally widowed Edie (Hancock,) decides to attempt an ascent of the remote highland peak, Mt Suilven.
Edie is one of those films where initially frosty first impressions are supposed to gradually thaw as we become involved in the characters and their story. Here though Edie remains a cranky old cow throughout and, though we understand why, her stubbornness doesn't become engaging while the partnership with young local guide (Guthrie) never moves beyond contrived. Hancock (85 and doing all her own stunts) and Guthrie are appealing performers, but the script seems to continually skip over the moments when we'd become engaged in their lives.
Still, the scenery is magnificent. The drone operator has done sterling work with flypasts of peaks and locks.
