Ethel & Ernest (2016)

Ethel u0026 Ernest: Directed by Roger Mainwood. With Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent, Luke Treadaway, Macready Massey. The life and times of the parents of the hailed British graphic novelist, Raymond Briggs.

“Iu0026#39;ve just got around to watching this today. As a 50-year-old I could relate to so much of it and relate it to my grandparents and uncles and aunties who were around during this time. Frankly, I found the film utterly heartbreaking. I must have had tears in my eyes pretty solidly for the last 30 minutes of it. It was quite overwhelming in places especially when Raymond views a body in the morgue which was very reminiscent of something that happened to me recently. I was going to write that it was a perfect slice of life but that is not big enough as it really does pretty much cover two entire lives. My boys who are under ten it has to be said were not gripped by it and did fade in and out of watching it but for adults, I canu0026#39;t recommend it highly enough.”