Middle Aged Lady Movie Night - The Children Act

This is one of those dramas that the British excel at.  Intelligent and smart with a touch of humanity that can touch you in less than two hours of watching.  Emma Thompson has superior hair and a beautiful wardrobe as a judge overseeing the case of a young Jehovah s Witness patient Adam, whose doctors want to treat him with a blood transfusion.  Meeting the young man helps her to make her decision.

Behind the scenes at her lovely apartment she is having troubles in her marriage to the always suave Stanley Tucci.  It is a movie that is all drama - not peppered with any comedic scenes and felt like it could well have been adapted to be performed on the stage in front of an audience.

Seeing as our television screens no longer play dramatic programmes on a Sunday evening as they once did, this one was a worthy replacement.  4/5.