One of the best movies I've ever seen. Two of the best actors who have ever lived. And Lowry.

Top class performances from two great actors and wonderful depiction of the difficult and stifling reality of Lowrie's life.

This is quite a frustrating watch. It features great key performances from both Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave as Lowry and his mother. Her refusal to appreciate Lowry's painting/artistry is very, as I say, frustrating and I found it easy to feel sorry for the somewhat downtrodden painter. Of course its a film about the social classes, how negatively the lower/working classes are (were?) regarded. If it weren't for the performances and the fact its obviously based on a true story, it would have seemed a bit too dark or bland but I quite enjoyed it because of the engrodding performances and its basis on truth. Its quite thought provoking and I also felt the musical score was well used, neither being too loud, or 'in your face', or too weak either. I would recommend this to fans of Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave.

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. The acting from Redgrave and Spall was excellent. The entire story of the mother, his art and dedication was fascinating and I liked the end of the movie as well. Currently showing In Madrid, I highly recommend this moving movie.

A tenderly observed biopic about what, if this is to be believed, was a very difficult relationship between the great English 20th century artist LS Lowry and his domineering mother. Lowry painted scenes of everyday drudgery in his native Salford and became one of Englands most loved artists but his domineering, snobbish mother never appreciated his work or gave him the praise he was so desperate to hear. This was made doubly hard by the fact that in her later life, the period depicted in the movie, she was almost completely bedridden and relied on her son as her carer. Lowry was dutiful and compassionate in his care but there was a bristling rage at the injustice he felt that lurked just below the surface. The story is pretty much a two-hander with Timothy Spall and Vanessa Redgrave taking the leads and they show what genuinely fine actors they both are. Spall also bears an uncanny resemblance to Lowry himself. Spall portrays the weight of Lowry's disappointment and buttoned-up anger with genuine care and skill while Redgrave's portrayal of a difficult woman has enough insight that we actually have sympathy for what she has become. There's much to enjoy here and if you don't know Lowry's work, this film serves as an ideal introduction to the man as it is understated and unsentimental.

A frankly boring and tedious film borne from a lazy script and acting. Whether based on fact or not, the film went nowhere aside from the final summary of Lowry success. Insidious characters and an annoying repetitive dialogue.

I enjoyed this and think the critics are wrong. Very understated but great performances from both actors. Not if you are looking for great drama or excitement but an involving story. Held my attention completely.

Quite beautiful and two towering performances, alongside the perfect score, elevate this above the constraints of the narrative.

Slow, but engaging and great performances.

What a brilliant film this is ar first I thought it would be boring 2 people in a full lenght film stuck in a bedroom how wrong I was Vanessa Redgrave and Timothy Spall each give performances of a lifetime both moulding perfectly into their roles. It manages to be so heartbreaking and funny at times when Mrs Lowry is not being cruel. The set design is so realistic it transports you to Lowrys time and Pendlebury. I'm so surprised this film didn't win big awards it certainly deserved it.

Awesome acting and script

Easy to watch - Timothy Spall was as good as ever

Stunning acting and a few choice paintings holding this beautiful simple movie together. Golden Globes how did you miss these two performances? I guess no bells and whistle's, no ensemble cast to tout, no ode to odes past movie greats to feed from. This is a quiet movie ~ a study of a self-centered mother and a quietly devoted son; a guy who paints. In an age of special effects and make-up magic this was refreshing and brilliantly acted. I vaguely knew of Lowells paintings, but much like the movie they are so unpretentious one would tend to overlook them. At closer look but now much more appreciation. This artist followed his heart .

A lovely film. Slow development. Simple characters with complexities. Explores the relationship between a mother and a talented son. At times the relationship is beautiful, at times it is diabolical. Sets the story well in its historical period.

It's slow but beautifully filmed and is an acting tour de force by these two brilliant actors. Alas it's not historically accurate though it tries to pass itself as being so. Lowry had exhibited and sold paintings even before his father died. It is true that the period between 1930 and 1938 when his mother took herself to her bed were a barren period but he was still painting. The portrayal of Lowry as "A man who paints, nothing more nothing less » is simplistic - he was far more complicated than that and some of the work he did but never showed reveal sexual themes that he kept hidden'

Not sure what the "critics" were watching. This film should have won Baftas for everyone involved.

I enjoyed the performances of the entire cast. I thought Vanessa Redgrave gave a strong and spellbound powerful lesson in acting for all in the craft to take note and learn valuable lessons in drawing an audience into to believing the character portrayed.

Vanessa Redgrave is barely recognisable buried beneath the fretting, eternal snobbery and bitterness of the epomymous Mrs Lowry. Spall as L.S. Lowry conveys a quiet grace and eternal optimism - in danger of being diminished only once - which is the perfect foil for his overbearing mother. The film is both an effective biography and a scalpel sharp cautionary tale regarding the dangers of bitterness and criticism. Creativity and optimism, in this case, triumph but that is not always the case.