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The Dwights are that loud, crashing family across the street or down the hall, the family no one wants to be. You see the mother arguing with either of her two sons in the driveway. You hear her off on a drunken tirade and wonder, "Do I call the police or the Academy": Brenda Blethyn is at it again.
Introducing the Dwights, a grueling comedy about this screwed-up troupe, offers her another opportunity to play a force of maternal oppression. This time she's Jean Dwight, a Brit living in Australia as a cantina cook who does stand - up at night. Jean expects her two boys -- virginal Tim (Khan Chittenden) and handicapped Mark (Richard Wilson) -- to smother her with affection as she suffocates them with her insecurities. When they fall for women, she turns spiteful, lashing out, especially at Tim's girlfriend, Jill (Emma Booth ).
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