Albert Finney, Shirley Anne Field, Rachel Roberts
The life and loves of a brawling, boisterous factory worker stuck in a dreary industrial city in the English midlands. One of the first and most successful of the "kitchen sink" genre of British reali...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 5, 2002
Stats: 182 reviews
I guess I'm a sucker for these "kitchen sink dramas".
They are all very basic in subject matter, but are usually well acted and beautifully shot (given what appears to be a relativly low budget).
This is no exception.
You really leave these films feeling as though you've been ...( read more)
A classic of the British New Wave genre. A truly great film not to be missed.
Do you know, i actually did enjoy this film. We had to watch it for our British Cinema lecture and i thought, "oh no, a classic b&w oldie...can't be assed". But it was enjoyable! Odd random ass ending tho i found. The guy was very likable, even tho maybe he shouldn't have been. T...( read more)
I've been meaning to se this for years, and finally got round to it the other day.
I've always enjoyed the 'angry young men' films of the 60's and this was certainly no exception.
Albert Finney plays a skilled factory worker ticking off the seconds of the working the week an...( read more)
As I was watching this film I knew I was in for a treat. I thought I was watching a french new wave film set in Brittain. Albert Finney stars in a tour de force performance about a man working the factory, being a womanizer and still living with his parents in post war Brittain. ...( read more)
Light weight!! Mind dem steps.Did dad 'n' lad ave a good time at seaside?What kinda fish were they expecting to catch in dat canal?Keep suppin,anyting but lathe work!!
won best British film from BAFTA and was nominated for best foreign film by NBR
Fairly good, a hateable English lad being bad in the 60's, and funnily enough, lads pub culture hasn't changed a bit since.
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Albert Finney looks great & Shirley Anne Field is gorgeous. Finney fairly leaps off the screen w/ a Dean-like intensity. Terrific stuff.
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