Director: Michael Winterbottom
Writers: Laurence Coriat, Michael Winterbottom
Cast: Shiley Henderson, John Sim, Shaun Kirk
106mins Drama
Everyday will not appeal to everyone. Filmed over five years and following a family as they wait for their father (John Simm) to come out of prison; hardly an upbeat theme but delicately interwoven with seasonal changes in the Norfolk countryside, it’s hard to beat the intimacy of this social realist study of a young family growing up. Real life siblings play the children with screen mother Shirley Henderson giving her best. A fictional portrait then but a tender one that also touches on the effects of separation for a couple; growing older and growing wiser. Not a patch on Genova, his other similar collaboration with Laurence Coriat but then that did bring us the subtle glamour of Colin Firth and Italian Riviera. I know which I’d prefer. MT