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Director Mike Leigh presents another slice-of-life drama--this time focusing on a family of acerbic, terminally unemployed working-class Britons languishing in their East End council house. Frank (Jeff Robert) and Mavis (Pam Ferris) are the endlessly bickering parents of Mark (Phil Daniels) and Colin (Tim Roth). Colin is a slow-.. Read more

Starring	Marion Bailey, Phil Daniels, Tim Roth, Pam Ferris
Director	Mike Leigh
Genres	Drama

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  typical 80s england
  
  a very down to earth and typical english film this will remind a lot of people of how the 80s was
  
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  - not where i wanna be
  - 28 Sep 2005 at 10:41
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  I think I use to live next door to these people...
  
  Hits the nail on the head with a brilliant look at life in the 80's, you could smell the benefits he got so close to the situation. Brilliant performances ... read more »
  
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- - MsLilly
  - 249 reviews
  - London
  - 27 Jun 2011 at 17:01
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  A taste of great Mike Leigh to come!
  
  This was the second Mike Leigh film i'd ever watched (after Life is Sweet) many years ago.
  
  I love to revisit his films as you get to see some ... read more »
  
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  - 13 Jun 2011 at 23:39
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  - 3
  Trash and Nonsense
  
  What on earth is this movie trying to say? How awful life is for these people? Got that in the first few minutes. What a waste of time watching this. Not a ... read more »
  
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  - Scotland
  - 02 Sep 2010 at 06:49
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  - 4
  Dreadful
  
  The film revolves around miserable and mind numbingly dull family with a chronically unemployed, hopeless father and two surly sons, living in a council block. ... read more »
  
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  - Hillingdon, England
  - 26 Jan 2010 at 14:47
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  - 3
  Depressing
  
  This film looks like it was shot on one of Mike Leigh's home camcorders (or whatever they had in those days). It is ruined by the most annoying music you ... read more »
  
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  - Chesterfield
  - 01 Sep 2009 at 23:42
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  - 3
  meantime
  
  1980s painful stuff could only manage 10 mins
  
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  - Oxford
  - 28 Mar 2009 at 21:44
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  meantime
  
  I only watched twenty minutes It was absolute bilge!!!!! It was amateurish and boring
  
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- - Gipsel
  - 34 reviews
  - Northampton
  - 09 Mar 2009 at 13:31
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  - 1
  Meantime was a waste of time
  
  Very boring. I fell asleep. The people were of no interest and there was no storyline to keep me awake. It was all rather depressing.
  
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  - Kayonly
  - 27 reviews
  - London
  - 13 Feb 2009 at 13:30
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  Meantime
  
  Hard to believe that this was made for television,the direction ,characterisation and cast are just worlds away from what is served up on TV today.
  
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  - Newport Pagnell
  - 22 Dec 2008 at 16:01
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  Harsh realism
  
  Brilliant acting but the plot is alarming and depressing. Enjoyable in a sadistic sort of way, wouldn't want to watch it more than once. Gary Oldman's... read more »
  
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  - Burnham on Crouch
  - 26 Nov 2008 at 19:28
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  typical 80s england
  
  a very down to earth and typical english film this will remind a lot of people of how the 80s was
  
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  - not where i wanna be
  - 28 Sep 2005 at 10:41
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  - 3
  No longer relevant
  
  The film showed promise but to be honest I found it too bleak and the characters to be almost caricatures.
  
  I usually like Mike Leigh but not this one... read more »
  
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- - seasider
  - Kent
  - 10 Mar 2005 at 18:17
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  - 1
  Blast from the past
  
  Blimey, this is a blast from the past! A typical British 'kitchen sink' black comedy, set on a high-rise estate during the high unemployment of the ... read more »
  
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- - RachaelRio
  - SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE
  - 06 Jan 2005 at 17:25
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  Meantime
  
  Hard to believe that this was made for television,the direction ,characterisation and cast are just worlds away from what is served up on TV today.
  
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  - Newport Pagnell
  - 22 Dec 2008 at 16:01
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  brilliant
  
  Guy Ritchie should watch this movie to see how real british films are made.
  
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- - sam eastall
  - london
  - 22 Sep 2006 at 16:17
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  A taste of great Mike Leigh to come!
  
  This was the second Mike Leigh film i'd ever watched (after Life is Sweet) many years ago.
  
  I love to revisit his films as you get to see some ... read more »
  
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  - 13 Jun 2011 at 23:39
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  Great performances, great script.
  
  If you like miserable british cinema, you'll love it.
  
  It's great.
  
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  - London, England
  - 06 Sep 2006 at 09:33
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  Leigh's Style
  
  Meantime is a film fraught with family angst. Hey, you say, aren't all Mike Leigh's films. Well yes they are and this one is set against the eighties ... read more »
  
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- - Simmy
  - West Yorkshire
  - 23 Feb 2004 at 09:30
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  Not so little a movie, a (master) piece.
  
  I am an ardent fan of Mike Leigh's presentations of kitchen sink dramas, and I have to say, I feel this is my favourite. As real as can be experienced, the ... read more »
  
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- - Ellis
  - 34 reviews
  - Manchester
  - 27 Dec 2007 at 19:57
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  The working class in Thatcher's Britain
  
  I loved this film. Though it's a Mike Leigh film, it had a very Alan Clarke feel to it. Tim Roth and Gary Oldman are fantastic in it, but Phil Daniels ... read more »
  
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- - SkinHeadDeano
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  - Beds, England
  - 02 Feb 2008 at 12:17

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  Director Mike Leigh presents another slice-of-life drama--this time focusing on a family of acerbic, terminally unemployed working-class Britons languishing in their East End council house. Frank (Jeff Robert) and Mavis (Pam Ferris) are the endlessly bickering parents of Mark (Phil Daniels) and ...