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Tender Loving Care

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Amy, a government child protection worker, moves in with her upbeat best friend Rosie, a social services officer facing daily anger and resentment. Amy's ageing parents worry about her happiness while dealing with their own crisis.

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Zachary Barnes Wall Street Journal 1 day ago
The great English director Mike Leigh is 83 years old now, and has suggested that this film may be his last. If so, it’s a gorgeous goodbye, swerving from the ferocious anger of 2024’s “Hard Truths” to something warmer and wiser. Go to Full Review Sophie Monks Kaufman Sight & Sound 4 days ago
While it is melancholy, it is also joyfully funny and the chill wind of human frailty that runs through it only outlines how enjoyable it is to be here now, with your favourite people. Go to Full Review Namrata Joshi The New Indian Express 4 days ago
Instead of falling into mawkishness or morbidity, Tender Loving Care makes for a profound lesson on life with its easy-going, light touch. Go to Full Review Amber Wilkinson Eye for Film 10 hrs ago
4.5/5
Tender Loving Care is all about the little bits of conversation that make the world a bit more comfy for others and about the importance of extended family and social structures in helping everyone to get by. Go to Full Review Angelo Muredda Film Freak Central 1 day ago
3.5/4
Tender Loving Care fluidly shifts perspectives as if to imitate the peripatetic, empathy-on-demand nature of care work. Go to Full Review That Shelf Staff That Shelf 3 days ago
There’s something particularly affecting in the way Tender Loving Care contrasts the connections of family and those close to us with the loneliness of people who have no one else to rely on. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Mike Leigh

Director

Kate O'Flynn

Amy

Alice Bailey Johnson

Rosie

Marion Bailey

Birdie

Paul Jesson

Geoff

Bríd Brennan

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Movie Info

Synopsis Amy, a government child protection worker, moves in with her upbeat best friend Rosie, a social services officer facing daily anger and resentment. Amy's ageing parents worry about her happiness while dealing with their own crisis.
Director
Mike Leigh
Producer
Georgina Lowe
Screenwriter
Mike Leigh, Mike Leigh
Production Co
Bleecker Street
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 47m
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