The Bad Mother’s Handbook
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Film Stats
Character: Daniel Gale
Release Date: 02.19.2007
Director: Robin Sheppard
Based On: The Bad Mother’s Handbook, by Kate Long
Plot Summary
When seventeen-year-old Charlotte Cooper gets dumped by her boyfriend and finds out she’s pregnant, her whole world turns upside down. Her thirtysomething mother Karen and octogenarian grandmother Nan make Charlie’s life even more difficult, but they have problems and secrets of their own.
Cast & Character Bios
Daniel Gale (Robert Pattinson)
» Daniel Gale is a clumsy and socially awkward young man who develops a crush on Charlotte Cooper and becomes a steady presence in her life while she deals with her pregnancy and her mother.
Charlotte “Charlie” Cooper (Holly Grainger)
» Seventeen-year-old Charlotte Cooper gets dumped by her boyfriend and finds out she’s pregnant. She leans on her new friend Daniel as she deals with turmoil at home with her mother and grandmother as well as with her pregnancy.
» Holly Grainger is a young English actress who started acting at the age of five. Holly is well-known for her roles in Roger and the Rottentrolls and the television series Where The Heart Is. She currently attends the University of Leeds.
Karen Cooper (Catherine Tate)
» Karen Cooper became a mother at sixteen and feels like she wasted her life raising a child. Karen searches for her birth mother while dealing with her pregnant teenage daughter and her adoptive mother who has Alzheimer’s.
» Catherine Tate is an English actress and comedienne. She studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama and is well-known for her work on Doctor Who and The Catherine Tate Show. She has been nominated for an International Emmy Award and four BAFTA Awards.
Nan (Anne Reid)
» Karen’s adoptive mother Nan suffers from Alzheimer’s and drifts in and out of reality on a daily basis. She holds many secrets that could tear the small family apart.
» Anne Reid is an English actress and BAFTA Award nominee who is best known for her work on Coronation Street and Dinnerladies. She has also had several critically-acclaimed roles in theatre.
Robin Sheppard, Director
» Robin Sheppard is a BAFTA Award-nominated director known for his work in television.
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