Writer: Elizabeth Stopford
Composer: Christopher White
Starring: Zoe Telford
More info: IMDb
Plot: A documentary following a family in turmoil. Seven years ago, they were the happiest, perfect family. A loving husband and wife with two beautiful boys. When the children were 17 and 10 the oldest son, Henry discovered his mother half dead in the garden. She was unrecognizable because there was so much blood and his father just stood there watching her try to crawl to safety. His father had blindfolded his mother and walked her out to the garden where he hit her in the head with the back of an ax, fracturing her skull in three places and leaving her to die. He only served 5 months in prison and then tried to return to the family as if nothing had happened. The family hid the whole tragedy from the youngest son, Felix. Now that Felix is 17 yrs. old Henry decides to tell him the whole story, while trying to heal himself.
My rating: 6/10
Will I watch it again? No.
How about that subject for a documentary? It sounds wild as hell and interesting as shit. But it's not nearly as compelling as I thought it would be. The story is told calmly and rather bland. Now I wasn't expecting tension-filled scenes surrounded by grisly re-enactments but it boils down to a simple story of how this family was ripped apart and re-formed in about as smoothly and quietly as possible. That's the strange part. If you're looking for a gripping drama, this isn't it. You'll probably find more of that about the real story on Wikipedia. The story sounds more interesting than this film and I don't necessarily fault the filmmakers for that as I'm sure that was their vision from the beginning.
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