Adult Life Skills

Adult Life Skills

Movie |

Arrested Development | Isolation

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  • Genre(s): Comedy, Drama
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Rachel Tunnard
  • Cast(s): Jodie Whittaker, Lorraine Ashbourne, Brett Goldstein, Eileen Davies, Alice Lowe See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 36min
  • Music: Anna Bertmark
  • Award(s): Nora Ephron Prize 2016 (Won)
    National Film 2017 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: One Battle After Another, Sorry, Baby
  • Story:
    Anna is stuck: she’s approaching 30 and has just moved back to her rural home-town, and into a shed in her mother’s backyard. She spends her time working a menial job at a local boating center and hides in the depths of her imagination, making movies with her thumbs. Irritated by her childish behavior, Anna's mother insists that she move out of her shed and on with her life. When a troubled young boy starts hanging around, the two form an unlikely bond. Through their strange yet mutually beneficial friendship, Anna slowly begins to confront her perpetual state of arrested development.
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6.3/10
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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
Anna is stuck: she’s approaching 30 and has just moved back to her rural home-town, and into a shed in her mother’s backyard. She spends her time working a menial job at a local boating center and hides in the depths of her imagination, making movies with her thumbs. Irritated by her childish behavior, Anna's mother insists that she move out of her shed and on with her life. When a troubled young boy starts hanging around, the two form an unlikely bond. Through their strange yet mutually beneficial friendship, Anna slowly begins to confront her perpetual state of arrested development.
Ratings

6.3/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
British Independent Film Award

Best Debut Screenwriter | 2016 | Rachel

Best Supporting Actor | 2016 | Brett

Accession Award

Screenwriting | 2016 | Rachel

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Nominations
National Film Award

Best Actress | 2017 | Jodie

Best Breakthrough Performance in a Film | 2017 | Jodie

ALFS Award

Breakthrough BritishIrish Filmmaker of the Year | 2017 | Rachel

Golden Trailer Award

Best Foreign Comedy Trailer | 2019

Best Narrative Feature Award

Narrative Feature Film | 2017 | Rachel

British Independent Film Award

Best Actress | 2016 | Jodie

Breakthrough Producer | 2016

Best Screenplay | 2016 | Rachel

Douglas Hickox Award

2016 | Rachel

Audience Award

2016 | Rachel

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Based on the short film Emotional Fusebox (2014).

Jodie Whittaker reprised her part from Emotional Fusebox (2014), the short this film is based on.

The name of Anna's website 'How To Live Yours' was also the working title of this film.

When Marion opens the fusebox it has been labelled 'Emotional Fusebox', presumably by Anna, and list things that may trigger emotional reactions. 'Emotional Fusebox' is the title of the short film this film is based on.

Jodie Whittaker and Brett Goldstein later appeared together again in the Doctor Who episode Doctor Who: The Tsuranga Conundrum (2018).

Popular Dialogues

"Brendan: I think we should get badges for adult life skills: changing a car tire, sewing, sending something back at a restaurant, knitting."

"[Alice and the children gather around Anna, who's playing a victim] Alice: Right! I want you to survey the scene. Something is wrong. Things don't add up. Look at the people. How are they behavin'? What are they hidin'? How do they give themselves away? [Clint gives Anna a kick] Clint: She's alive, case solved."