Kate O'Flynn Anchors Mike Leigh's 83-Year-Old Return in Telluride Premiere 'Tender Loving Care'
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Updated · The Playlist · Sep 5
Kate O'Flynn Anchors Mike Leigh's 83-Year-Old Return in Telluride Premiere 'Tender Loving Care'
3 articles · Updated · The Playlist · Sep 5
Summary
Telluride's world premiere put Kate O'Flynn at the center of "Tender Loving Care," with the review calling her subtle turn as 39-year-old social worker Amy the film's standout.
Mike Leigh's new drama follows Amy, her friend Rosie and Amy's aging parents as Geoff slips into early dementia, using intimate family scenes to examine care, loneliness and mortality.
The film also threads in a critique of modern Britain, contrasting an older generation's memories of grants and stronger public support with today's quotas, cuts and strained social services.
Marion Bailey, Paul Jesson and Alice Bailey Johnson also drew praise, while the Telluride debut sets up Bleecker Street's limited theatrical release on Dec. 4.