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4.0 out of 5 stars
Loach's sharp eye examining "Mental illness",
This review is from: Family Life ( Wednesday's Child ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ] (DVD)
A very moving film. Lots of hand-held camera and seemingly unscripted or improvised dialogue make this a very live performance. When it was released 40 years ago, many teachers and psychiatrists disapproved because it raised issues that were "beyond the understanding of, and could frighten" ordinary untrained people. WEDNESDAY'S CHILD / FAMILY LIFE, under its two titles, illustrates some of R.D.Laing's views that a person can retreat into apparent mental illness as a way of protecting their sanity in a dysfunctional family setting. Although the film has an amateurish quality, this shouldn't be seen as a disqualification. If anything, it helps show that ordinary people living conventional family lives can find themselves declared ill. Moving and scary. Well worth viewing.
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Family Life ( Wednesday's Child ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ] by Ken Loach (DVD)
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