Half Broken Things Reviews
Newest Review: ... Michael, without quite realising at first what he was doing, came to her rescue. Half Broken Things is mostly set in the huge mansion house that Jean is looking after, and its surroundings together with the sleepy, quiet calm of the nearby village, gave me a sense of a Britain which perhaps still exists, but has possibly slipped outside of the awareness of the average 'townie'. Although Jean seems a bit odd right from the start, it isn't until the film gets really underway that the viewer can see the depth of her mind-slip, which causes her to create a fantasy situation that for some of the time, she actually comes to believe hersel... more
Customer Half Broken Things Reviews (2)
by - written on 03/02/13 (Very useful, 70 readings)
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RELEASED: 2007, Uncertified RUNNING TIME: Approx. 95 mins DIRECTOR: Tim Fywell PRODUCER: Ray Marshall SCREENPLAY: Alan Whiting MUSIC: Colin Towns MAIN CAST:- Penelope Wilton as Jean Daniel Mays as Michael Sinead Matthews as Steph ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FILM ONLY REVIEW Adapted from Morag Joss's novel, Half Broken Things is a film made for TV, first screened in the UK in 2007. It begins with Jean, who is a house-sitter, being sent on an assignment to a large house in the country by her obnoxious boss, who also informs her that ... Read the complete review
by - written on 02/11/07 (Very useful, 149 readings)
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I enjoy watching one-off dramas on TV and when I saw the trailers for Half Broken Things, they intrigued me and made me want to watch. The star was Penelope Wilton, an actress who never fails to deliver a great performance and recently played a very convincing Prime Minister in Doctor Who! So she was the main reason I fancied watching this, along with the content of the trailers which made it sound like my sort of drama. It is based on the book of the same name by Morag Joss and was shown on ITV1 last Sunday evening for two hours. Apart from Penelope Wilton, the cast included only one actor I was familiar with. Lara Cazalet played Sally and I had previously ... Read the complete review
