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Summary

Comedy drama directed by Mike Leigh, starring Katrin Cartlidge and Lynda Steadman. Old university friends Annie and Hannah meet up again in London after a break of several years. During the course of a weekend they bump into three key figures from their past.

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Review

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Mike Leigh isn't cinema's foremost realist, but he's definitely its most perceptive people watcher. The deceptively simple characters he favours inevitably reveal hidden depths that make them utterly fascinating. Here, arrogantly affected Katrin Cartlidge and twitchily timid Lynda Steadman are pretty resistible during the flashbacks to their college days. But they capture our sympathies during a series of low-key misadventures with three old friends and a thoroughly detestable newcomer, as they realise what frustrated mediocrities they have become. With its tentatively optimistic ending, this may be a small, rather safe film, yet it's also funny, touching and plausible.

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7.1/10

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Cast

rolenameHannah MillsKatrin CartlidgeAnnieLynda SteadmanClaireKate ByersRichard "Ricky" BurtonMark BentonMr EvansAndy SerkisAdrian SpinksJoe TuckerRicky's NanMargo StanleyLecturerMichael Healy

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rolenameDirectorMike Leigh

Details

Theatrical distributor

Film Four Distributors

Released on

1997-09-19

Languages

English | German

Guidance

Contains swearing and a sex scene.

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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