The Bad Mother's Handbook (2007)

Directed by

Robin Shepperd

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Three generations of women in a family navigate their complicated relationships. A grandmother, mother, and daughter each struggle with their own ideas of what it means to be a good mother.

warmfamily-focusedhumorousgentlereflectiveemotionalgroundedpoignant

What happens

The Bad Mother's Handbook is a one-off television drama film based on the novel The Bad Mother's Handbook by Kate Long. It was broadcast on ITV on 19 February 2007, starring Catherine Tate, Anne Reid, Holly Grainger and Robert Pattinson. According to BARB, the show received strong viewing figures of 6.09 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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