A middle age couple struggle to find a diagnosis for their adult daughters erratic behaviour with tragic consequences.A middle age couple struggle to find a diagnosis for their adult daughters erratic behaviour with tragic consequences.A middle age couple struggle to find a diagnosis for their adult daughters erratic behaviour with tragic consequences.
Photos
Laura Handley
- Shoe shop assistant
- (as Laura Jane Handley)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- Quotes
[to social worker, about Lisa]
Wendy Ainscow: So... She's not mad enough for the doctors and the lawyers, and she's not sad enough for you. Which box does she fit in?
Featured review
How to hate Asberger's!
The film 'Rainman' and Mark Haddon's book 'The Curious Incident of the Dog - ' helped one empathise with people with Asperger's Syndrome, but this high profile TV film made Lisa, the 32-year old daughter of middle-aged parents (played by Timothy Spall, at his glummest, and Brenda Blethyn, at her most irksome) a manipulative monster. Her parents are driven to joint suicide attempts twice by her impossible demands, and at the second attempt her father successfully removes himself from the scene, leaving her mother to continue to collude with her insatiable child. As usual, psychiatry and social services are made to seem flummoxed (though it's refreshing when a Birmingham Social Worker finally confronts Lisa with reality). Rebekah Staton may well be brilliant as Lisa - I can't tell because I found her so detestable! How on earth could this film help anyone associated with this distressing disorder?
Details
Box office
- Budget
- £700,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content