Vera Drake

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Theatrical Release

November 30, 1999

DVD Release

January 1, 2004

Studio

New Line Home Video

Rated

R (Restricted)

Directors

Mike Leigh

Actors

Imelda Staunton, Richard Graham, Eddie Marsan, Anna Keaveney, Alex Kelly (II), Daniel Mays, Philip Davis, Lesley Manville, Sally Hawkins, Simon Chandler, Sam Troughton, Marion Bailey, Sandra Voe, Chris O'Dowd, Adrian Scarborough, Heather Craney, Sinead Matthews, Sid Mitchell, Leo Bill, Gerard Monaco

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Formats

• AC-3
• Closed-captioned
• Color
• Dolby
• Subtitled
• Widescreen
• NTSC

Additional Information

The brilliant writer-director Mike Leigh (Topsy-Turvy, Secrets and Lies, Naked) has crafted an utterly compelling movie about one of the most controversial of topics. An irrepressibly hopeful housecleaner in 1950s London named Vera Drake (Imelda Staunton, Antonia and Jane, Shakespeare in Love) mothers everyone around her, from her own family to helpless shut-ins and lonely men living in tiny, isolated apartments. None of these people know that Vera also helps young women get rid of unwanted pregnancies, until the police appear and tear her world apart. Vera Drake isn't just an inspired character portrait; through simple and straightforward scenes, the movie weaves a quiet but mesmerizing portrait of how people--both wealthy and poor--cope with adversity. Though wrenching, Vera Drake has too much life to be depressing. Leigh is deservedly famous for his work with actors; every character brims with truth and Staunton's performance deserves every award it could possibly win. --Bret Fetzer - Amazon.com