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Detectorists
Why this pick
Its gentle, observant humour, unhurried rhythm and deep affection for awkward everyday connections closely match Mum’s quietly restorative warmth.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE SERIES
SERIES2016 0h 30m / episode GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Shows like
Mum
Comedy
CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
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Why this pick
Like Mum, it treats life’s setbacks with warmth rather than sentimentality, built around lovable flawed people, modest domestic stakes and quietly earned optimism.
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Why this pick
For Mum’s enjoyment of painfully awkward family encounters and humane comedy, this is broader and sillier but similarly precise about social embarrassment.
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Somebody Somewhere
Why this pick
Its grief-aware, intimate storytelling and understated performances create the same sense that companionship and small daily changes can gently remake a life.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
A comedy about a mother at a milestone in her life. We follow her and her family through a year of new beginnings as she rebuilds her life following the death of her husband. Mum is joined by her supportive life-long friend Michael. Through a year of new beginnings she rebuilds her life surrounded by her family: son Jason and his girlfriend Kelly; her brother Derek and his new partner, Pauline; and her in-laws.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Lesley Manville
Cathy
Peter Mullan
Michael
Sam Swainsbury
Jason
Lisa McGrillis
Kelly
Ross Boatman
Derek
Karl Johnson
Reg
Marlene Sidaway
Maureen
Matthew Aubrey
Sam