A straight forward, unassuming drama of family struggles. Its tone is serious but it's not above brief moments of humour and lyricism.
Although it begins with following the father's attempts to hide his unemployment from his family it then develops into following the lives of the son and the mother who have their own issues to figure out.
it's quiet and strangely hypnotic and although sometimes a little excruciating at times, there's an honesty and a restraint about these scenes. Not the sensationalism of the average soap.
The conflict is far from strictly domestic. It takes you to a dark place where our lives can easily get lost in the noise of life.
it's a very poignant but unsentimental tale of a family gradually learning that if nothing else they have each other, which may sound rather trite but it does it well, the plot developing to a fine set of climaxes for all three characters.
Although it begins with following the father's attempts to hide his unemployment from his family it then develops into following the lives of the son and the mother who have their own issues to figure out.
it's quiet and strangely hypnotic and although sometimes a little excruciating at times, there's an honesty and a restraint about these scenes. Not the sensationalism of the average soap.
The conflict is far from strictly domestic. It takes you to a dark place where our lives can easily get lost in the noise of life.
it's a very poignant but unsentimental tale of a family gradually learning that if nothing else they have each other, which may sound rather trite but it does it well, the plot developing to a fine set of climaxes for all three characters.