Care (2000) (TV)

Director:

Antonia Bird

Writer:

Kieran Prendiville (writer)

Release Date:

8 October 2000 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

Awards:

11 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Steven Mackintosh	...	Davy Younger
Jaye Griffiths	...	Elaine
Maria Pride	...	Pauline
Charlotte Cornwell	...	Joanne Hallows
Lynn Hunter	...	Angela
Richard Harrington	...	Tony Collins
Huw Davies	...	Miller
William Ivory	...	DS Devlin
Andrew Seear	...	Weber
David Sibley	...	Cashman
Jerome Willis	...	Judge
Simon Ludders	...	Clerk of the Court
Gareth Potter	...	Older Boy
Helen Griffin	...	Pauline's Mum
Lydia Lloyd Parry	...	Housewife

Runtime:

Netherlands:105 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Central Library, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Movie Connections:

Features "Fawlty Towers" (1975)

Soundtrack:

Road Rage

Unbearably sad with a harrowing performance by Steven Mackintosh

I am not sure what the previous reviewer meant by saying that something in this film was amusing. Amusing it is not. But it grabs you and pulls you in and you can't stop watching. Steven Mackintosh is superb and his last scene was so sad. The loyal strength of his girlfriend is also immensely touching.

Quite a number of important points are made about problems like child abuse. The most important is the way lawyers and insurance companies can push an organisation into a cover-up. Another is that, hard as this might be to accept, Davey and the others would have been better off if the case had never been investigated. It is giving evidence and not being believed which pushes him to the edge, not the original abuse. A terrible dilemma.