A day and night in the lives of a number of troubled children occupies the first half of Blessed followed in the second half by the perspective of their mothers for the same period and events.
This is the latest in a long and seemingly endless line of Australian movies containing grim and dark story lines.
The children, pretty well all unknowns, are excellent and their mothers played amongst others by Frances O'Connor, Miranda Otto and Deborra-Lee Furness are outstanding.
Some older patrons found the sexual references in an early scene too confronting and walked out. I wasn't too worried by the content but it would be a relief to see some quality Australian films with lighter content for a change.
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