Valerie Hobson's marriage to barrister Phillip Friend looks fine on the surface, bu it has been crumbling for years. Finally, they decide to divorce. Miss Hobson agrees to marry family friend Norman Wooland. The children don't like it.
It's an intelligent movie about adults behaving like adults, and children misinterpretting everything. They see the effects on them, on their home, and react in a manner the adults consider bizarre. It's very nicely written and acted, from the adults to the children, to Lily Kann as Miss Hobson's longtime servant. It offers an honest view of the state of marriage and divorce in 1950s England.
It's an intelligent movie about adults behaving like adults, and children misinterpretting everything. They see the effects on them, on their home, and react in a manner the adults consider bizarre. It's very nicely written and acted, from the adults to the children, to Lily Kann as Miss Hobson's longtime servant. It offers an honest view of the state of marriage and divorce in 1950s England.