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A woman faces life in a shabby, suburban bed-sit after being jilted and left pregnant. Sharing her desperation with an assortment of neighbours, they help her to decide whether to have an abortion, in a sensitive study of social morals at the dawning of the Sixties sexual revolution. Read more

Starring	Cicely Courtneidge, Brock Peters, Leslie Caron, Tom Bell
Director	Bryan Forbes
Genres	Drama

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A queasy sample of the 'new British realism' of the early '60s, based on a novel by Lynne Reid Banks, with Caron as a... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Book was better

I read and enjoyed Lynne Reid Banks 'The L-Shaped Room' and enjoyed it so I thought I'd watch the film as well. The story has been changed so much ... more

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- - A customer from London
  - Posted 04 Aug 2007 10:46
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

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All a bit faded now

Lynne Reid Banks' novel is a great read,evocative or time, place and attitudes, but this film of it doesn't remotely come up to the mark. In the main, ... more

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- - Savage from London, England
  - Posted 20 May 2008 16:18
wonderful

I loved it.Beautifully crafted - evocative of times gone by - but a story that resonates today and is at the same time full of nostalgia.

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- - A customer from glasgow scotland
  - Posted 12 Oct 2007 16:42
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Book was better

I read and enjoyed Lynne Reid Banks 'The L-Shaped Room' and enjoyed it so I thought I'd watch the film as well. The story has been changed so much ... more

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- - A customer from London
  - Posted 04 Aug 2007 10:46
wonderful

I loved it.Beautifully crafted - evocative of times gone by - but a story that resonates today and is at the same time full of nostalgia.

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- - A customer from glasgow scotland
  - Posted 12 Oct 2007 16:42

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Book was better

I read and enjoyed Lynne Reid Banks 'The L-Shaped Room' and enjoyed it so I thought I'd watch the film as well. The story has been changed so much ... more

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- - A customer from London
  - Posted 04 Aug 2007 10:46
1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

[Highly rated reviewer]

All a bit faded now

Lynne Reid Banks' novel is a great read,evocative or time, place and attitudes, but this film of it doesn't remotely come up to the mark. In the main, ... more

Report this review
- - Savage from London, England
  - Posted 20 May 2008 16:18
wonderful

I loved it.Beautifully crafted - evocative of times gone by - but a story that resonates today and is at the same time full of nostalgia.

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- - A customer from glasgow scotland
  - Posted 12 Oct 2007 16:42
A wonderful film.

A classic film,excellent performances,wonderful atmosphere,not quite the same as the book but nevermind.

Also listen out for the 'intro' ... more

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- - lee cooper from In my room.
  - Posted 10 Mar 2008 19:10
The L-Shaped Room

This film bought back a lot of memories as it was one of my favourite books in the early 80's. It wasn't quite the same as the book but not that far ... more

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- - A customer from Dulwich, London
  - Posted 13 Apr 2008 18:12

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A queasy sample of the 'new British realism' of the early '60s, based on a novel by Lynne Reid Banks, with Caron as a... read more on Time Out
- Time Out
- Posted 04 Nov 2008

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