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Mad cows

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Movie propaganda

They don't take no bull.

Mad cows follows the grotesque misadventures of Maddy (Anna Friel), a wild young single mum and her baby who are abandoned in London by the Alex (Greg Wise), baby's father. Joanna Lumley stars as Gillian, Maddy's menopausal man-eating best mate who is in search of a rich husband.

Also starring Anna Massey as Dwina Phelps, Phyllida Law as Alex's mother, John Standing as the politician, Nicholas Woodeson as Slynne, Prunella Scales as Doctor Minny Stinkler, Mohamed Al-Fayed as the Harrod's doorman, Noel Gallagher, Shannah Laumeister and Christian Simpson as Lord Benjamin Malaprop. Based on the novel by Kathy Lette, directed by Sara Sugarman.

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Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Mad cows is an uninspired attempt at comedy. Gillian is Patsy all over again. Maddy is Eddie without the style. I imagine that Kathy Lethe's book was a very thin paperback that soon found its way to the bargain bin.

Security censorship classification

M (Low level coarse language, sexual references)

Surveillance time

87 minutes (1:27 hours)

Not for public release in Australia before date

VHS rental: 30 May 2001

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