
Mysterious Creatures
- A family bound by love, but torn apart by despair.
- 2006-10-29
- Drama, TV Movie
- Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall, Rebekah Staton, Noma Dumezweni, Nicholas Gleaves, Mark Penfold, David Crellin, Stephen Boxer, Judy Flynn, Gary Cargill, Alistair Galbraith
- 1 h. 9 min.
- 8.0/10
- 2
- United Kingdom
- ITV
Overview:
Feature-length ITV drama based on real events. Bill and Wendy Ainscow (Timothy Spall and Brenda Blethyn) are a middle class, middle-aged Birmingham couple locked in a deeply dysfunctional relationship with their 32-year-old daughter Lisa (Rebekah Staton). In a culmination of years spent unsuccessfully trying to obtain a diagnosis and get state help to deal with with Lisa's condition - which eventually turns out to be Asperger's syndrome - Bill and Wendy are ultimately driven to desperate measures with tragic consequences.