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High Hopes
1988
Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband. Read more
| Starring | Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Dore, Philip Jackson |
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| Director | Mike Leigh |
| Genres | Comedy |
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High Hopes
Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband.
| Starring | Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Dore, Philip Jackson, Heather Tobias |
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| Director | Mike Leigh |
| Studio | FABULOUS FILMS LTD. |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 52 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 56 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Released | Production year: 1988 To Rent: DVD: 03 Sep 2007 Blu-ray: 28 Feb 2011 |
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he offers a superbly crafted and unsentimentalised study of age and survival. Very long, prone to the longueur, but finally triumphant in its sombre, raw meditation on how we live.
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High Class Hopes
This is a gem of a film, one of Leigh's best. It's a comedy of family manners set against the tragedy of British Tory politics in the 1980's. It isn... read more »
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My least favourite Mike Leigh film.
I love Mike Leigh movies. They are not to everyone's taste but there is something about the way he gets the actors interacting that i find fascinating.
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Great stuff!
I hadn't seen this film for years and yet have spent the last 20 years or so quoting some of the one-liners - it's just one of those films that you ... read more »
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One of my favourite Mike Leigh films!!
This is a lovely mish mash of all things lovely and sad, Mike Leigh has captured the real feel of the 80's with the working class and yuppies, even though ... read more »
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High Hopes - Blu-ray
Another bittersweet comedy from acclaimed director Mike Leigh (HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, SECRETS AND LIES), HIGH HOPES weaves a wonderful tapestry of hippies and yuppies, fantasy and reality, broken dreams and high hopes. Lampooning every aspect of modern English society, the film is a biting satire with a ...
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High Hopes
Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband....
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