Mrs Lowry & Son

  • 2019


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Positive Reviews 19
Negative reviews 9
Average Rating 3.1/5
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2.5
A one note and strangely listless work that brings together two of the most immensely talented actors working today. Rogerebert
2.0
And Lowrys unflinching loyalty to her, while commendable, just infuriates. Common Sense Media
1.5
More often, however, this stiff lipped, low volume battle of wills and tastes makes for drab, spiritless drama, beigely shot and unequal to the witty, .. Variety
2.0
It all feels like an uneventful, overly stuffy approach to a painter who was, after all, considered outlandishly strange. Time Out
2.0
The script, by Martyn Hesford, gets bogged down in repetition. And Adrian Nobles direction leans too heavily on a score that is as frilly and prim as .. The Guardian
2.0
It cushions itself with needless amounts of nagging music, and winds up giving us a dainty little tour of the Lowry museum in Salford, where we can pr .. Telegraph
4.5
If often sad and unsettling, the film is also livelier and less oppressive than it may sound thanks to the fine writing, deft direction by Adrian Nobl ..
2.5
Mrs Lowry & Son ... is stuck in the mire of the worst aspects of their relationship and the monotonous narrative. Mark Reviews Movies
3.5
Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall give a master class in acting. The whole movie is a character study but what a study it is in the hands of these te .. You Tube
4.0
Within three or four short exchanges she establishes Mrs Lowry as one of the great maternal monsters of cinema, up there with Faye Dunaway in Mommie D .. The Times
2.0
Spall brings muffled humanity to Lowry but, thus housebound, he remains a sketch rather than a portrait. Radio Times
2.0
The directors adaptation is a nonsensical, deeply convoluted disaster that wastes an enjoyably oddball cast. Independent
3.0
When youve got Redgrave, youre not going to make a film about watching paint dry. Smh
4.0
A study of the painter LS Lowry that, with sly whimsy and darkness, finds a universality of the creative psyche via the toxic relationship with his mo ..
3.0
A letter has arrived from London, and theres a promise of a gallery show. Flim List
4.5
Mrs Lowry never misses an opportunity to be cruel, and theres a sharp wit beneath her studiously befuddled exterior. Eye For Film
3.0
Mrs. Lowry and Son has an appealing old school charm and two performances that make it worth seeing. Flim Threet
4.0
He has finally got his work recognised and the most important person in his life simply doesnt care. Hey U Guys
4.0
...has a small canvas (sorry), and it suffers from a certain determined ordinariness, but it is affecting in other ways. Film Ink
2.0
Its a shame as theres an interesting film to be made about the inner turmoil of Lowry, constantly battling against his mothers downbeat voice constant .. Cine Vue
3.0
Surprisingly, the film doesnt become claustrophobic, though it is largely filmed in one room. Lw Lies
4.0
Noble delivers what is really theatre on screen, clingfilmed sandwiches rustling from the stalls. But Spall and Redgrave excel and the art endures. Ft
4.0
On the screen, Mrs Lowry and Son, much like one of Lowrys own paintings, is a wee gem on a small canvas, full of loving details within its apparently .. Stuff
3.5
What will the neighbours say If you can bear the almost claustrophobic minimalism, the nasty co dependency and the grim Britishness of Noble and Hesfo .. Adelaide Review
3.0
A fascinating if sometimes repetitive account of an emotionally abusive relationship between mother and son. The outdoor scenes that reference Lowrys .. Caution Spoilers
4.0
An essay on family, and life, by two of the greatest living actors. Its Just Movies
4.5
Michael Winterbottoms rollicking frolic about excess, in particular the shenanigans of the vain and ruthless Sir Richard McCreadie...clearly a man of .. Bay Area Reporter
4.0
This is a slightly uneven, yet beautifully observed, moving and expertly acted biopic which acts as a fitting tribute to one of the greatest and most .. The Jewish Chronicle
4.0
Director Adrian Noble provides a claustrophobic canvas for his stars to bring a testy and tender relationship to full drawn life. The Sunday People
1.0
The film doesnt raise a pulse until a coda featuring the painters work framed in all its glory at the Lowry gallery in his hometown. The Wee Review



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