It catches exactly the drab, rationed, overly genteel-at-all-levels-of-society tone of the period (...). And the last act is almost unbearably affecting...

Leighs iscenesættelse er en regulær tidsmaskine, der både formår at tegne de små detaljer og give dybde i de store linier.

In a film of pitch-perfect, seemingly effortless performances, Imelda Staunton is the key player, and her success at creating Vera Drake allows the story to fall into place and belong there.