Love Sarah

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The Sarah of the title — played by 2016 Bake Off winner Candice Brown — is opening a boutique bakery with her business-minded buddy Isabella (Shelley Conn). She’s involved in a fatal bicycle accident, leaving Isabella with an expensive bit of London real estate and few baking skills of her own. In the wake of the tragedy, Sarah’s bereaved daughter Clarissa (Shannon Tarbet), having been dumped by her boyfriend, reconnects with her estranged grandmother Mimi (Celia Imrie). Mimi had been hoping to reach out to her daughter and, by bonding with Clarissa, aims to make up for lost time.

Imrie’s performance is a delight, exuding the energy of an angry nan who hasn’t had a nap this afternoon. Her mildly aggressive chemistry with Tarbet is immediately appealing and so it’s little surprise when the three women join forces to run the bakery with the help of an exceptionally dashing culinary genius (Rupert Penry-Jones), who seems to have a personal connection with Isabella. He’s dismissed as “a pretentious womaniser”, but seems to have a more tender side. They’re soon pouring chocolate mirror glazes on to gorgeous-looking sponges like the most satisfying M&S advert ever produced.

"There are echoes of Fleabag and Richard Curtis in this tale of a mother’s attempt to run a bakery that her late daughter was set to open" – Cath Clarke, The Guardian

"It's easy to be sniffy about a film that sets three friends on an against-all-odds quest to set up Notting Hill's 400th artisanal bakery, but its big-heartedness manages to defy cynicism." – Philip De Semlyen, Time Out

This film is F-Rated. The F-Rating is applied to all films which are directed by women and/or written by women. Find out more about F-Rating.

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