Brenda Blethyn will be back on our TV screens soon in Channel 4’s revenge drama A Woman of Substance, but if you can’t wait that long, then we’ve got just the movie for you to watch tonight.
Released in cinemas in November 2025, Dragonfly sees Blethyn play lonely pensioner Elsie who strikes up an unexpected friendship with her neighbour Colleen (Andrea Riseborough), a kindred spirit who has equally been deemed anonymous by society.
Colleen offers to take over Elsie’s care, having seen how poorly she’s treated by her carers, but Elsie’s son John (Jason Watkins) is suspicious of Colleen’s motives and decides to pay a visit which will have devastating consequences.
If you didn’t manage to catch the movie in cinemas, but fancy checking it out, Dragonfly is now available to watch at home. You can buy or rent Dragonfly from Prime Video, AppleTV and other participating digital retailers.
Dragonfly currently holds a strong 92% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with Digital Spy calling it a “powerful and compelling drama that explores those that society shuns, building to an ending you won’t forget”.
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“For a study of human connection at its most honest and affecting, with two remarkable lead performances, Dragonfly is a powerfully striking experience,” wrote Time Out, with The Guardian praising it as “a stark, fierce, wonderfully acted film”.
The Daily Mail added: “Dragonfly is quite brilliantly written and directed, and revolves around two acting performances that could be shown to drama students for the rest of time.”
As mentioned above, Blethyn will next be seen in Channel 4’s A Woman of Substance, alongside Jo Joyner, Emmett J Scanlan, Lydia Leonard, Will Mellor, Lenny Rush and Leanne Best. It’s based on the 1979 novel of the same name, with Blethyn taking on the lead role of “20th century feminist icon” Emma Harte.
Dragonfly is available to buy or rent from Prime Video, AppleTV and more.
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Movies Editor, Digital Spy Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor. Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world. After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.