A small movie with a simple premise: finding a lost/stolen son.
On this one premise does the movie rest and on this one premise does the movie soar. Helped along with some absolutely great acting by Dench and Coogan who pretty flesh out their characters and bring them to life in some great and wonderful ways. Frears' directing and tight editing help to bring everything together as they all end up creating a compelling story of a mother looking for her lost/stolen son, while at the same time making bringing up questions of social class and religion without being preachy.
Make no mistake though this is Dench, Coogan, and Frears' movie without a doubt. They invest themselves wholeheartedly into the story line making the journey completely engrossing. The main reason I wanted to see this movie was that it teamed up Dench with Coogan and on that note the movie was totally worth seeing just for them and the relationship they create as the movie moves along to it's bittersweet ending.
It's the simple premises that are the hardest to pull off because they are so simple people see to want to put other flashy things in their to distract from how simple the story is. But with strong characters and a desire to explore those characters life, there doesn't need to be anything flashy or distracting - just let the characters move and breath and the viewers will be buy into everything being presented. Frears understands this and lets Dench and Coogan move the story and this movie is all the better for it.
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