Directed by Peter Medak
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Sony Screen Classics by Request)
A London couple deals with the disability of their young child with humor and fantasy. At first, this may seem to be inappropriate and insensitive, and indeed that is the reaction of outsiders. However, as we slowly learn of their history, through flashbacks, and the grim realities of their daily life, we begin to understand. The husband (Alan Bates) has reached a breaking point and contemplates murder, or at least letting the child die by withholding vital medication. When he can't go through with it, he takes another option. It is too easy to judge or label his act as cowardly without having lived it ourselves. A complex and difficult film, broaching subjects that are nearly taboo in today's politically correct society.
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