Tim

Tim is an Australian drama about a young man, Tim Melville, who has a mild intellectual disability and works at various jobs, including gardening. He is hired by Mary Horton, a widowed businesswoman many years his senior, to do work around her property. What begins as a friendship, with Mary taking an almost maternal interest in him, gradually turns into something deeper as the two grow close. Their relationship draws disapproval from people around them, including members of their families and residents of their small town, and the pair must contend with the consequences of a bond that others find difficult to accept.

The 1979 film was directed, written and produced by Michael Pate, and stars Piper Laurie as Mary and Mel Gibson as Tim. It was released a few months after George Miller's Mad Max, making it one of Gibson's earliest screen roles. Alwyn Kurts, Pat Evison, Peter Gwynne and Deborah Kennedy appear in supporting parts.

On IMDb, Tim holds a rating of 6.4 from around 4,000 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 6.3 from a much smaller group of 64 voters. Both figures point to a modest but steady level of interest rather than widespread acclaim.