Helena Vesey loves her son with a passion verging on the demonic. When he announces his engagement to Angela, it’s clear that she’s not losing a son, only her sanity. She’s soon dusting off her books on lethal poisons and begins a ruthless killing spree, elegantly disposing of anyone she sees as opposition.

Mother Love received strong reviews in the UK where Diana Rigg won a Bafta for her lead performance. However, most missed the fact that this is a black comedy, and although Rigg is superb as the woman scorned, her performance brings to mind the wicked stepmother in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. There’s a macabre sense of fun about her adventures which echoes dark classics such as Kind Hearts and Coronets, and the relish with which she strikes down her enemies makes her a compelling, larger than life character.

Andrew Davies’s screenplay is based on a novel by Domini Taylor, but he injects more wit into the proceedings and streamlines the action.

Mother Love zips along with pace and panache, strengthened by an effective cast, several neat twists and some memorable one-liners are darkly enjoyable.

Mother Love.S01E01.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 43 min
Size: 	1.22 GiB
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Codec: 	h264
Resolution: 	960x540 
Aspect ratio:  	16:9
Frame rate: 	25.000 fps
Bit rate: 	1 595 kb/s
BPP: 	0.123
Audio
#1:  	English 2.0ch AAC LC SBR @ 96.0 kb/s

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Language(s):English
Subtitles:English

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