A comedy about a failing pub, a divided community and a grieving family whose lives are changed by brewing real ale and entering the Great British Beer Awards.

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Mother’s Pride (2026)

A family with a pint to prove.

★ 5.8/10 March 6, 2026 93 min

ComedyDrama

Director: Nick Moorcroft  ·  Writers: Nick Moorcroft, Meg Leonard

A comedy about a failing pub, a divided community and a grieving family whose lives are changed by brewing real ale and entering the Great British Beer Awards.

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Cast

Jonno Davies Jonno Davies Cal James Buckley James Buckley Jake Martin Clunes Martin Clunes Mick Mark Addy Mark Addy Paxman Gabriella Wilde Gabriella Wilde Abi Luke Treadaway Luke Treadaway Pritchard Josie Lawrence Josie Lawrence Edith Lana Moorcroft Lana Moorcroft Romy Miles Jupp Miles Jupp Jeremy Emily Lloyd-Saini Emily Lloyd-Saini Amy Lola-Rose Maxwell Lola-Rose Maxwell Dawn Karl Collins Karl Collins Wilf

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CinemaSerf
CinemaSerf March 8, 2026
★ 7/10

Very much in the vein of the “Fisherman’s Friends” family dramas, this one brings handsome “Cal” (Jonno Davies) back to his English West Country home after three years absence. He had hit the big time as a singer-songwriter then absconded - pretty much without trace, and so his return isn’t universally welcomed. Just to add to his troubles, the now penniless musician discovers that his dad (Martin Clunes) and brother “Jake” (James Buckley) are presiding over a family pub that can’t even afford to pay for it’s beer supplies and the gloating “Pritchard” (Luke Treadaway) can’t wait to snap it up for a song and add it to his industrial scale portfolio of fake Tudor gastros. "Cal” decides that the only solution is for them to brew their way out of their predicament so allied with his niece “Romy” (Lana Moorcroft) he attempts to resurrect his late grandfather's …