Maudie

Without love, there is no purpose.

This unlikely romance is based on a true story. A reclusive man hires a fragile yet determined woman named Maudie to be his housekeeper. She is bright-eyed but hunched with crippled hands, yearns to be independent, to live away from her protective family and desperately wants to create art. Unexpectedly, her employer finds himself falling in love. We follow his efforts to protect himself from being hurt, Maudie’s deep and abiding love for this difficult man and her surprising rise to fame as a folk painter.

115 minutes.
Parental Guidance 10-12 (Drug abuse).
Biographical, Drama, Romance, On the art circuit

Pretty as a picture...

Credits

Cast	Ethan Hawke, Sally Hawkins, Kari Matchett, Zachary Bennett, Gabrielle Rose, Billy MacLellan
Director	Aisling Walsh
Screenplay	Sherry White
Music	Michael Timmins
Cinematography	Guy Godfree
Editing	Stephen O'Connell
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2016
Produced by	H Is 4 Productions, Landscape Entertainment, Painted House Films, Parallel Film Productions, Rink Rat Productions, Screen Door, Small Shack Productions, Solo Productions, Storyscape Entertainment

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Romantic drama
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None (sic)
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned	Rated PG-13 for some thematic content and brief sexuality.
Runtime	115
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 13 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Geoffrey MacNab A folk movie about an unlikely artist.	15
Metacritic.com 35 critics	13
Rottentomatoes critics 106 critics	14
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Maudie’s talented cast -- particularly Sally Hawkins in the title role -- breathe much-needed depth into a story that only skims the surface of a fascinating life and talent.	18
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	14
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Strong acting in inspiring biopic of Canadian folk artist.	15
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 11 users	14
Rottentomatoes users 4583 users	18
IMDB 965 Netizens	15
The Movie DB Community	15
Average .. 76%	15