Funny Cow (2017)

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"A comedian uses her own troubled past as material in her stand-up comedy routine, as she tries to break into the comedy circuit by playing Northern England's working men's clubs. A fantastic British dark comedy/drama movie, filled with great period detail and a real passion for showing the grittiness of everyday life back in the 70's. It's about a woman who suffers abuse for her entire life and finds the one thing that makes her feel loved - stand up comedy. Maxine Peake is phenomenal giving on"

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"A drama that has very little to laugh about, following the rise of a female comic in Northern Britain during the 70's. Maxine Peake is magnificent as Funny Cow, a woman who has had to deal with abuse her whole life but finds a way out of her life by performing stand-up comedy in a male-dominated world. Paddy Considine plays against type as a mild-mannered intellectual but the film belongs to Peake, who commands the screen with a heartfelt and powerful performance."