Adult Life Skills
2016 · Movie · 96 min · ★ 6.2 · 62% critics
A woman nearing 30 retreats to her rural hometown, living in a shed behind her mother’s house while drifting through a low-key job and an overactive imagination. Pressured to grow up, she forms an unexpected friendship with a troubled local kid that nudges her toward facing what’s been holding her back.
Also known as How To Live Yours
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Details
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-06-24
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 62/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (95 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you’re into offbeat, small-scale UK comedies with messy emotions and a gentle push toward growing up, like The Pretty One; Not for you if you want fast pacing, clear explanations, or a consistently upbeat mood.
Pros: quirky UK charm; heartfelt coping theme; relatable oddball humor | Cons: slow early stretch; lots of shouting; confusing unexplained moments
Themes
- hermit
- isolation
- ultimatum
- woman director
- arrested development
- thumb puppets
Cast & crew
Jodie Whittaker
as Anna
Lorraine Ashbourne
as Marion
Brett Goldstein
as Brendan
- RD
Rachael Deering
as Fiona
Eileen Davies
as Jean
Alice Lowe
as Alice
Edward Hogg
as The Snorkeler
- OM
Ozzy Myers
as Clint
Christian Contreras
as Hank
David Anderson
as Luke
Directed by Rachel Tunnard