Ruth (Oscar nominee Charlotte Rampling) is a worldly former war correspondent now bored in retirement with a drinking problem and a newly fractured leg. Sam (George Ferrier) is her unruly grandson, recently kicked out of boarding school and grieving the death of his mother. When the two are brought together under the same roof, they form an unexpected bond.
Q- tips say: Yes, we did enjoy this movie.
Mrs. Q says: The evolution of a relationship between a seventeen year old boy and his grandmother is emotionally fulfilling. The film… maintains some of its prickly charm, in no small part because of the feisty Ruth, whose ice-queen persona here straddles bone-dry humor and withering tragedy.