Anna is stuck: she’s approaching 30 and has just moved back to her rural home-town, and into a shed in her mother’s backyard. She spends her time working a menial job at a local boating center and hides in the depths of her imagination, making movies with her thumbs. Irritated by her childish behavior, Anna's mother insists that she move out of her shed and on with her life. When a troubled young boy starts hanging around, the two form an unlikely bond. Through their strange yet mutually beneficial friendship, Anna slowly begins to confront her perpetual state of arrested development.
Directed by Rachel Tunnard
hermit
isolation
ultimatum
woman director
arrested development
thumb puppets
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3.5 / 5
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Cast
Jodie Whittaker
Anna
Lorraine Ashbourne
Marion
Brett Goldstein
Brendan
Eileen Davies
Jean
Alice Lowe
Alice
Edward Hogg
The Snorkeler
Christian Contreras
Hank
David Anderson
Luke
Andrew Buckley
Postman
Crew
Rachel Tunnard
Director
Rachel Tunnard
Writer
Rachel Tunnard
Editor
Richard Holmes
Executive Producer
Jodie Whittaker
Executive Producer
Anna Bertmark
Supervising Sound Editor
Popular Reviews
25 reviews
Lizzie
9.0★ · 12/22/25
Why was this so sweet hello, I really really enjoyed this. An underrated gem
Why was this so sweet hello, I really really enjoyed this. An underrated gem
Abi Davis
7.5★ · 04/09/25
Impossibly British and impossibly sad and impossibly weird
Impossibly British and impossibly sad and impossibly weird
Jessie Denise
8.0★ · 02/23/25
went in excited for another one of brett goldstein’s awkward, goofy, and sweet characters. i left with emotional damage i was not prepared for.
went in excited for another one of brett goldstein’s awkward, goofy, and sweet characters. i left with emotional damage i was not prepared for.
lil
7.0★ · 01/07/25
brett goldstein hi
brett goldstein hi
Megan
6.0★ · 07/30/23
furious that i don’t have a sensitive film buff Brett Goldstein-like man that’s obsessed with me
furious that i don’t have a sensitive film buff Brett Goldstein-like man that’s obsessed with me