Caboose

Went to see Morvern Callar last night, it was fairly good but somehow disappointing. It missed out a lot of the humour surrounding the town where she lives but does well in not trying to explain why Morvern does things.

One of the strengths of the book was that although it was written in the first person there’s never any explanation of Morvern’s motivations, she just does things. Samantha Morton is very good as Morvern, looking vulnerable and out of place.

Maybe I was just grumpy due to sitting in the cinema in very wet trousers. I got caught in a sudden downpour crossing the railway bridge on Mill Road.