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My guess is that Mullan never decided what tone his film should aim for; he fell in love with individual sequences without asking how they fit together.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Overview
A group of four siblings reunite in Glasgow on the eve of their mother's funeral, and the children mourn their mother's passing in a variety of ways—sometimes heartfelt, sometimes bizarre. As a potential thunderstorm threatens to damage the city, the situation compounds itself.
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