Movie

Mysterious Creatures

★ 8/10 · 2 votes 2006 1h 9m Released

DramaTV Movie

Feature-length ITV drama based on real events. Bill and Wendy Ainscow (Timothy Spall and Brenda Blethyn) are a middle class, middle-aged Birmingham couple locked in a deeply dysfunctional relationship with their 32-year-old daughter Lisa (Rebekah Staton). In a culmination of years spent unsuccessfully trying to obtain a diagnosis and get state help to deal with with Lisa's condition - which eventually turns out to be Asperger's syndrome - Bill and Wendy are ultimately driven to desperate measures with tragic consequences.

Cast

Timothy Spall Bill Ainscow Brenda Blethyn Wendy Ainscow Rebekah Staton Lisa Ainscow Judy Flynn Anne Buckley David Crellin David Kirwan Stephen Boxer Martyn Bowler