Annie McHale

Another misunderstood film by the majority of commenters here. This is a story of the slow-burn life of domestic abuse, a woman whose personhood is unnoticed and ill-supported by her husband and mother. She is reduced to a wife and mother, with her "loved ones" believing that's all she's entitled to and should be grateful for. Does she have it all, as most reviewers have stated? Absolutely not. Gemma Arterton brilliantly played the role of the wife whose name we heard only once in the entire film: Tara. Brava to Tara for escaping an environment that didn't allow her to be a human being with her own wants and needs a priority. The husband, Mark, whose name we heard over and over again, was a self-centered, egotistical, immature excuse of a man who failed to support his partner, using her for his own satisfaction. I recommend this film to all women and men struggling to be seen in their relationships.