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Vancouverobserver.com – Review

MAUDIE: And this is the most moving of the new films. It’s heartwarming but never pushes that mood too much. It prefers understatement and that makes it feel real. Like what might actually happen. Sally Hawkins and Ethan Hawke are brilliant in the lead roles. She plays Maud Lewis a woman who’s held back, and maybe even shunned, because she suffers severe arthritis. He’s a crusty fisherman in a Nova Scotia village who needs a housekeeper and reluctantly hires her when she comes saying she’s eager and able.

The connection is not easy, especially when she does things he hasn’t asked for. Like painting colorful images on the walls. It’s a true story. Maud Lewis became a celebrated folk artist after she was discovered by a woman visiting from New York. A TV feature boosted her fame and probably provided the black and white film of her we see at the end. (She died in 1970).The story though concentrates on gradually warming up the mood of her employer (they eventually marry) and growing her independent spirit. The film is gentle and calm, even through a sad revelation, and yet highly emotional. It won the People’s Choice award at the Vancouver Film Festival. Aisling Walsh from Ireland directed and Robert Cooper, a veteran of the Canadian and American film industries, produced.  4 out of 5  

http://www.vancouverobserver.com/blogs/newmovies/reviews-their-finest-superb-maudie-heartrending-black-code-digital-age-warning

 

Mel C