Sam It's a big fat squishy worm! Tom You scared of worms? Sam No. Tom Aye yer are! Sam I am not! Tom Scared o' wee worm! Sam Look at it! It's a squelcher!
A dense, filling slice-of-life set in a tiny snowbound Scottish burg, where four pairs of characters grapple with various aspects of human hardship. Thompson plays opposite Law, her actual mother, as a recently widowed photographer whose haze of grief has driven a wedge into their relationship. Rickman's directorial debut, adapted from the stage play by Sharman MacDonald.
