Movie #3121 "Mum" (t.v. series Seasons 1-3 on Brit Box) I'm not sure who would like this show --- we did, but it took a while for us to catch on to the type of humor it uses... It is a very different show. It's about grief, and the people who have lost a friend, father, husband, future father-in-law, going through daily tasks as they get together for various activities that are now without.....him. The main character is played by Leslie Manville (the wonderful Mrs. Harris -- if you didn't get to see "Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris" last year, do yourself a favor and see it --- it's better than any of the stuff I have blogged on possibly all this year --- it's that good!) Anyway, she is a wonderful character -- in fact, the two main leads (he is her dead husband's best-friend, a very quiet man but very much a thinker and doer) don't say a lot in the show --- everyone else non- stop talks to get through the days and not mention the elephant in the room (the dead husband). But what makes this different is how they seemingly say inappropriate things all the time --- or they tear each other down in one fell swoop -- one comment that ordinarily would knock a person down --- and it continually goes on like that through the 2 seasons. And then the third season puts them all in the same villa, that one of them has rented -- and their relationships are really put to the test because now they are living with each other for a week --- that's the pay off to this show --- you have to get to that third season, and then things fall into place. At least that's what we thought. It's awkward with a capital A, slow, with a capital S, but very insightful, intriguing, and very different, with a capital D. I'd give it 4.5 out of 5.
"MUM" TV SERIES 2016-2019 30 MINUTES, 18 EPISODES
After the death of her husband, a woman attempts to rebuild her life while surrounded by her sometimes problematic family and friends. (sometimes?)
Directors: Stefan Golaszewski, Richard Paxton
Writer: Stefan Golaszewski
Actors: Lesley Manville, Peter Mullan, Lisa McGrillis
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