Vera Drake · LeviOsa

Loading movie…

Vera Drake · LeviOsa

Vera Drake key art

Wife. Mother. Criminal.

Drama2h 5m

🍅92%

🍅

92%

Tomatometer

🍿

84%

Popcornmeter

7.2

TMDB

Storyline

Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.

Trailers

2 videos

Vera Drake trailer thumbnail

Vera Drake

Mike Leigh and Phil Davis on Vera Drake | BFI Q&A

Mike Leigh and Phil Davis on Vera Drake | BFI Q&A

Details

DirectorMike Leigh

ReleasedOct 22, 2004

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$11M

Revenue

$13.3M

Parental guideRUS

Studios

StudioCanal

Les Films Alain Sarde

UK Film CouncilInside Track

Thin Man Films

Cast

Imelda Staunton

Imelda Staunton

Vera Drake

Phil Davis

Phil Davis

Stan

Sally Hawkins

Sally Hawkins

Susan Wells

Daniel Mays

Daniel Mays

Sid

Eddie Marsan

Eddie Marsan

Reg

Alex Kelly

Alex Kelly

Ethel

Ruth Sheen

Ruth Sheen

Lily

Adrian Scarborough

Adrian Scarborough

Frank

Heather Craney

Heather Craney

Joyce

Lesley Manville

Lesley Manville

Mrs. Wells

Simon Chandler

Simon Chandler

Mr. Wells

Wendy Nottingham

Wendy Nottingham

Ivy

Where to watch(NG)

Stream

BFI Player Amazon Channel

Reviews

9 reviews · 7 critics · 1 fan

8 fresh · 0 rotten

Critics consensus

“With a piercingly powerful performance by Imelda Staunton, Vera Drake brings teeming humanity to the controversial subject of abortion.”

92% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

A

Amy Taubin

RTFilm Comment MagazineNov 19, 2013

The heroine of Mike Leigh's wonderfully subtle and relentlessly harrowing new film is a cheerful, compactly built middle-aged woman who spends her waking hours in perpetual motion.

N

Nick Schager

RTLessons of DarknessMay 4, 2005

Puts a tender human face on this explosive subject.

M

Marjorie Baumgarten

RTAustin ChronicleJan 24, 2005

[Leigh's] best picture in some time.

W

Wesley Lovell

RTCinema SightNov 26, 2022

Vera Drake acts as a potent reminder of where society has been and it was a frightening and dangerous period of history that no woman should have to re-live and this film makes that crystal clear.

You Might Also Like

Tear It Down

The Adventure of the Torture Cage

A Simple Story

Gaspe Copper

Stork Staring Mad

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Video Kings

Girl, Interrupted

No Reservations

Mostly Martha

Tage des Sturms

Working Girl

Recommended for you

Heavenly Creatures

Caged

Frances

Changeling

Bastard Out of Carolina

The Mustang

Suffragette

Lady Macbeth

Cracks

The Rain People

The Road Dance

More trailers on YouTube

Information

Title

Vera Drake

Released

Oct 22, 2004

Rated

R

Region of Origin

United Kingdom, France

Original Audio

English

Runtime

2h 5m

Status

Released

Studios

StudioCanal, Les Films Alain Sarde

The Wonder