Julie Walters plays a politician who got peace in Northern Ireland by being absolutely unhinged—in the best way.
A docudrama about the life of the former UK Secretary of state for Northern Ireland, Mo Mowlam.
Acting
Julie Walters disappears completely into Mo's chaotic brilliance
Writing
Makes parliamentary procedure genuinely suspenseful
Production
Nails grim 1990s British political aesthetics
Director
Philip Martin
Julie Walters
Mo Mowlam
David Haig
Jon Norton
Gary Lewis
Adam Ingram
Tony Maudsley
Peter Kilfoyle
Steven Mackintosh
Peter Mandelson
Toby Jones
Dr. Mark Glaser
Adrian Dunbar
David Trimble
Lucy Boynton
Henrietta Norton
John Lynch
Gerry Adams
Ian Beattie
Michael Stone
Ellie Haddington
Jean
Terence Harvey
Mr Campbell-Grey
Harry Ditson
Sen. George Mitchell
Rebekah Staton
Kate
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Mo Mowlam's real wig actually fell off during a crucial meeting with Sinn Féin—the film toned this DOWN.
This aired months before her actual death in 2005, making Walters' performance almost uncomfortably prophetic. Mowlam reportedly loved it.
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