Mothering Sunday
2021 · Movie · R · 104 min · ★ 5.4 · 73% critics
On a quiet spring day in 1924, a young housemaid is unexpectedly left alone and seizes a rare chance to be with her secret lover. A deeply personal encounter becomes a turning point, setting her life on a new path shaped by longing, memory, and loss.
Based on Mothering Sunday
Where to watch
Watch free on FX — also streaming on Disney+, Hulu, fuboTV +1 more.
2 hours to watch.
Stream (included)
Free
Rent
Streaming availability and prices may be inaccurate or change — verify with the provider before subscribing.
unSUB's subscription recommendations are informational only, not financial advice.
More value for your money
Similar titles, ranked by watch-hours per subscription dollar.
Details
- Years
- 2021
- Release date
- 2021-11-12
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.4/10 (129 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy restrained period romances with longing, memory, and a melancholic mood, especially if Lady Chatterley's Lover or Chéri worked for you; Not for you if you want a brisk, plot-heavy drama.
Pros: intimate romantic mood; elegant period atmosphere; strong central performance | Cons: uneven later sections; emotionally distant at times; somewhat hollow story
Themes
- based on novel or book
- england
- post world war i
- maid
- mother's day
- 1920s
- berkshire
Cast & crew
Odessa Young
as Jane Fairchild
Josh O'Connor
as Paul Sheringham
Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù
as Donald
Patsy Ferran
as Milly
Emma D'Arcy
as Emma Hobday
Glenda Jackson
as Jane (Older)
Olivia Colman
as Mrs Clarrie Niven
Colin Firth
as Mr Godfrey Niven
- NR
Nathan Reeve
as Dick
- SB
Samuel Barlow
as Young Paul
Directed by Eva Husson