A Kind Of Loving details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | James Bolam, June Ritchie, Alan Bates, Thora Hird |
| Director: | John Schlesinger |
| Genre: | Drama - General |
| Studio: | ELEVATION |
| Name | Discs | |
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A Kind Of Loving |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 52 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 25 Jun 2001 |
| Main languages: | English |
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Some things don't change
By a customer from Hertfordshire , 05 Jun 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
This film should appeal to a wide age range of both sexes. The young will probably be amazed at how people lived only 40 years ago, while those who are older might look back with some longing at a much less congested and non-technological age. Given the differences and the changes that have occurred in sexual permissiveness, the issues that men and women face today in forming relationships are just as confusing and difficult as then. The filming is crisp and the acting superb. Look out for the scene where Alan Bates runs and skips down slippery cobbled roads and steps and ask yourself if a Director would take the same risks today with the main male lead in a film.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(24)Go back in time
By Bobsview (549 reviews) from Gloucestershire , 03 Apr 2013Landmark iconic film from 1962. Set in the industrial north but was life really as grim as that in 1960? Depicts the stilted awkward mf relationships and the social taboos and prejudice of the time. Young couple who hardly know each other and have little in common have to get married when she falls pregnant after just one cringe making encounter. Love dies quickly when they have to live with her mother (Thora Hird) in the girls home. Makes you glad those days are over and celebrate how much more honest , healthy , real and mature young peoples relationships are today. B/W. Shocking.- Was this review helpful to you?
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An Historic document
By a customer from Surrey , 14 Oct 2011Dated story but a facinating record of how the UK was in the early 1960's. Takes place in the north and how grim it was ! Plenty of famous faces to spot who later went on to greater things taking bit parts. And how handsome Alan Bates was! And how Thora Hird looks like a Larson cartoon with those brilliant glasses!- Was this review helpful to you?
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The sixties really were in black and white
By soxer (33 reviews) from Walsall , 14 May 2011Whilst this film lacks the charm of say A taste of honey or The family way, it is still a document of the time, of working class life in the sixties.
Champion performances from Alan Bates and lovely Thora Hird, look out for very young James Bolam and Jack Smethurst.
Not a classic of its time, but well worth a watch if like me, you remember the sixties and certainly believe they were in black and white.- Was this review helpful to you?
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An honest love story
By harrythehaddock (8 reviews) , 14 Apr 2011is really a period piece now, but it still has a lot of punch and honesty. part of the attraction is noting the things that you remember from your parents and grandparents era, and also that many things remain the same. a bit of a landmark British film and I would always take the honesty and grittiness of these British films over the anodyne formulaic Hollywood movies- Was this review helpful to you?
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A kind of loving
By daisymaisy (51 reviews) from Tonbridge , 17 Dec 2009Poignant. Sweet.- Was this review helpful to you?
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