Recovery (film)

Summary

Cast

• Alan Hamilton — David Tennant
• Tricia Hamilton — Sarah Parish
• Dean Hamilton — Harry Treadaway
• Joel Hamilton — Jacob Théato
• Len Hamilton — Ron Donachie
• Johnathon — Jay Simpson
• Gwen — Jo McInnes
• Dr Lockwood — Jim Carter
• Vicky Nathan — Jo Hartley

  Music

• The music was especially commissioned and composed by Tristin Norwell and Nick Green.

  Reception

• The Liverpool Echo called Recovery "perhaps the best thing David Tennant's ever done."
• The Herald called it "one of TV's saddest, most harrowing dramas ever" and encouraged people to donate to the brain injury charity, Headway, whether they had seen the drama or not.
• The Times said that "Tennant and Parish made it affecting viewing" and that they also "thankfully avoided the Hollywood trend to use memory loss as a gateway to deeper healing, a little miracle to help us forget our mean adult selves and learn to be innocent again."
• The Guardian said "It wasn't over-sentimental, just believable. And much more powerful for that. Anyone who says they didn't have a lump in their throats is either an unfeeling brute or a liar."
• The Scotsman said, "This is sobering, saddening stuff, a tragic portrait of a living hell which, if nothing else, should encourage you to be more vigilant the next time you cross the road."