dearmond-2
When I walked out of the theatre with my two friends, my first comment was why can't Americans make good films like this? I have become so disgusted with about 96% of contemporary American films that I won't to to a theatre. This films the opposite (Yes, I know that kids won't like Maudie). Almost all of the positive user reviews capture what I feel. I do note that the fact the film does not tell us that her parents had died. What her brother did is in the film.The film tells that she had a daughter. It does not tell that her daughter was born out of wedlock and that her partner abandoned her and her baby. I feel this is just a tiny bit that comprehensively adds to the story. I don't understand why I have to go to film society presentations to see good films like this, but going to film society presentation is a much more pleasant than contemporary complexes.
ockiemilkwood
I cried, tears streaming down my face. Maud, what a gentle, beautiful woman, full of joy and humor, and they sold her baby!! The baby would have filled her life, anchored it. What a great mother she could have been. And then there's her ability to make do, to love Everett, a caveman, to bring him out of his hole into the sunlight. Damn. No sticky sentimentality. Just life as it is, a royal pain in the ass.
suztach
Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke are both fantastic in this film and their chemistry both in tension and love is undeniable. It also captures Nova Scotia with sweeping cinematography. Well worth a cozy evening.
jphill-03214
Sally Hawkins is every bit as good an actor as Daniel Day Lewis!