(rated R) It’s London circa 1950. Vera Drake (Imelda Staunton) is a sweet older woman (she could easily be your favorite older-Aunt) church-going, honest, attentive to her husband and two grown children. By day she cleans rich people’s mansions. By night, she performs illegal abortions. Rich girls can afford ‘real’ doctors but poor girls can’t. But Vera doesn’t think of it that way, and she doesn’t do it for money. She “helps the girls in a bad way” with a sort of witch-brewed-concoction because “somebody has to help them”. It seems that putting on the tea kettle seems to be the answer to everything too. This is all fine until one of her patients nearly dies. The movie, written/directed by Oscar nominated “Secrets and Lies” Mike Leigh, weaves different angles, lifestyles and opinions helping us to observe what continues to be a controversial issue to this day, half a century later, in a pro-choice vs. right to life world. The acting is so powerful yet with a simplistic air not to mention unknown faces by American standards. This seems to be where the movie’s charm lies and has already landed numerous critic awards. But forget all that. Its Vera’s own ending that’ll really be an issue when you leave the theatre.