Keeping Rosy

There are a couple of details near the beginning of Keeping Rosy that made me exclaim "no way!" out loud.

But you just have to put that behind you as quickly as possible and move on. Because the performance of Maxine Peake as a woman who's life gradually disintegrates is something to behold.

She is simply brilliant.

Soon the slightly implausible situation is forgotten and you are just hoping she can start making better choices. But of course she doesn't. And things get worse and worse. Even when she thinks she's being careful she still ends up making things worse.

It is one of those films that leaves you thinking you're glad you've never been put into such a tight spot.

I did see the ending coming... But only a few seconds before it happened. So I think that was very well done, since the options are left very open until almost the end.

Maxine Peake is possibly my favorite actor at the moment. Everything I have seen her in has been good.