Herself is a gritty little film about an abused wife who takes her kids away from their living hell, and tries her best to reconstruct a new life for both herself and the kids. A daunting task, to say the least. It is the characterizations in this film that make the story work so well. Director Phyilida Lloyd does a wonderful job with a superior screenplay and fine acting to boot. There is nothing more infuriating to millions of common people than fighting with the local bureaucracies that limit our upward social movement with mind-numbing rules and regulations that crush even the most determined of us out there. Sandra, fortunately, is not one to be easily crushed. See it with your family.
Review of Herself
