Another Mother's Son

"I knew nothing of the true story that inspired this WWII drama and I doubt I’ll remember much of it a month from now after seeing this by-the-numbers ode to Louisa Gould. A Channel Island resident during the German occupation, the real-life Gould received honours for hiding a Russian Prisoner of War named Burriy (she named him ‘Bill’ because Russian is hard). It’s a story of bravery and bonding that’s worthy of a film, but Another Mother’s Son doesn’t do enough to express this story’s worth."

"The solemn score, plucky Brits and nasty Nazis are all familiar, but there's a lived-in feel that transcends cliché."

"Although the script tackles the dilemmas of resistance and collaboration, it never rises above the level of a television movie."

"Beyond a presiding innocuousness, detecting active virtues in Christopher Menaul's film takes some digging."

"At first, there is a bit of a familiar taste to this true-life wartime tale. But it becomes something tougher."

"A modest, timely and mostly admirable film."

"[Another Mother's Son] feels more like a TV movie than anything cinematic."

"A period drama that fails to escape the unmistakable air of a middling ITV3 drama."