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A Balasaur Score of 85 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 95%, Metacritic 92/100. Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 98% of the 1,899 1990s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white woman.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic92/100
Critics rate it 12 points higher than audiences do.
752 audience votes
Key crew
- Mike LeighDirector
- Mike LeighWriter
- Andrew DicksonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Brenda BlethynCynthia Rose Purley
- Marianne Jean-BaptisteHortense Cumberbatch
- Timothy SpallMaurice Purley
- Phyllis LoganMonica Purley
- Claire RushbrookRoxanne Purley
- Lee RossPaul
- Lesley ManvilleThe Social Worker
- Elizabeth BerringtonJane
- Michele AustinDionne
- Ron CookStuart
- Trevor LairdHortense's Brother
- Brian BovellHortense's Brother
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Themes
london, englandparent child relationshipadoptionsocially deprived familyreunioncandidloving
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