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Vera Drake
2004 2h 5m R
Crime
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Drama
7.6
93%
84%
72%
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Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain--a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
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Directed By
Mike Leigh
Written By
Mike Leigh
Studio
Les Films Alain Sarde
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Cast of Vera Drake
Imelda Staunton
Vera Drake
Phil Davis
Stan
Sally Hawkins
Susan Wells
Daniel Mays
Sid
Eddie Marsan
Reg
Alex Kelly
Ethel
Ruth Sheen
Lily
Adrian Scarborough
Frank
Heather Craney
Joyce
Lesley Manville
Mrs. Wells
Simon Chandler
Mr. Wells
Wendy Nottingham
Ivy
Richard Graham
George
Anna Keaveney
Nellie
Peter Wight
Det. Inspector Webster
Martin Savage
Det. Sergeant Vickers
Helen Coker
WPC Best
Jim Broadbent
Judge
Gerard Monaco
Kenny
Leo Bill
Ronny
Lesley Sharp
Jessie Barnes
Liz White
Pamela Barnes
Sandra Voe
Vera's Mother
Chris O'Dowd
Sid's Customer
Anthony O'Donnell
Mr. Walsh
Marion Bailey
Mrs. Fowler
Sam Troughton
David
Sinead Matthews
Very Young Woman
Tilly Vosburgh
Mother of Seven
Alan Williams
Sick Husband
Allan Corduner
Psychiatrist
Fenella Woolgar
Susan's Confidante
Elizabeth Berrington
Cynical Lady
Emma Amos
Cynical Lady
Rosie Cavaliero
Married Woman
Nicky Henson
Private Doctor
Eileen Davies
Prison Officer
Paul Jesson
Magistrate
Vincent Franklin
Mr. Lewis
Tom Ellis
Police Constable
Jake Wood
Ruffian
Sid Mitchell
Very Young Man
Vinette Robinson
Jamaican Girl
Heather Cameron-McLintock
Child
Billie Cook
Child
Billy Seymour
Child
Nina Fry
Dance Hall Girl
Joanna Griffiths
Peggy
Angie Wallis
Nurse Willoughby
Judith Scott
Sister Beecher
Robert Putt
Station Sergeant
Craig Conway
Station Constable
Paul Raffield
Magistrate's Clerk
Jeffry Wickham
Prosecution Barrister
Nicholas Jones
Defence Barrister
Angela Curran
Prisoner
Jane Wood
Prisoner
Tracy O'Flaherty
Nurse
James Payton
Court Reporter (uncredited)
John Warman
Policeman in Court (uncredited)
Vera Drake Reviews
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
[The movie] can break your heart.
Orlando Sentinel
Roger Moore
With Vera Drake, [Leigh] has made his most controversial and accessible work
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
Gripping and elegantly told.
Arizona Republic
Richard Nilsen
All the actors so completely fade away that you come out of the film thinking you've seen the real people, not players reciting a script.
Miami Herald
Connie Ogle
Vera Drake makes a compelling argument for women's rights without ever succumbing to preachiness.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
Staunton is heartbreakingly fine.
Denver Rocky Mountain News
Robert Denerstein
Comes close to ranking with [Leigh's] best work, the searing Naked and the witty Topsy Turvy.
Detroit News
Tom Long
Staunton is brilliant as Vera.
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano
The film is more of a portrait than a story, and as such it is finely wrought and compelling, but the airbrush is overkill.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Leigh thinks his movie is a social commentary, but it's really an almost-brilliant character study, with an essential piece left out: the moment Vera is revealed to herself.
Seattle Times
Mary Brennan
Vera is the heart of the film, and Staunton gives an exquisite performance.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
[Leigh's] best picture in some time.
Lessons of Darkness
Nick Schager
Puts a tender human face on this explosive subject.
Premiere Magazine
Glenn Kenny
Staunton is absolutely astonishing in the title role of this quiet, sad film about the dangers and consequences of what we could call the pre-choice era.
Houston Chronicle
Eric Harrison
One of Leigh's better movies.
Film Comment Magazine
Amy Taubin
The heroine of Mike Leigh's wonderfully subtle and relentlessly harrowing new film is a cheerful, compactly built middle-aged woman who spends her waking hours in perpetual motion.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
Boo, hiss and all that -- but I can report that the film left me only vaguely depressed and nothing more.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
A carefully calibrated parable that quietly sneaks into your heart and prods it sharply.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Heartbreaking.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
A film of pitch-perfect, seemingly effortless performances.
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