Aberdeen (UK/Norway/Sweden; 113min.) directed by: Hans Petter Moland starring: Lena Heady; Stellan Skarsgaard; Charlotte Rampling; Ian Hart

Diane says: "In ABERDEN, a woman on her deathbed in Scotland asks her daughter, Kaisa, to go to Norway to fetch her father, so she can see him one last time after many years. Kaisa, a young exec with a cocaine habit, ends up on a three-day road trip with Dad, an alcoholic whom she dislikes intensely, during which their roles change. The story is told a bit on the broad and clichéd side, but how I cried! Charlotte Rampling's role is limited to a few scenes of beautiful dying woman, but Stellan Skarsgard and Lena Headey give very good perfs. I think I love everything I've seen Skarsgard in....He doesn't show much of a range, but his acting is always good." 4 cats

Michael says: "Lena Heady is strong as a young, bitter woman whose dying mother makes a final request of: find her estranged, alcoholic father and bring him to her bedside. The subsequent journey is an unsurprising period where father and daughter form an uneasy bond, yet it all works somehow. Great performances from Heady, as well as Stellan Skarsgaard and Charlotte Rampling as her parents. HOLLOW REED'S Ian Hart also turns in a fine supporting perf." 3 cats