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funny, warm, gritty, human. Watch it with . Stars Jim Broadbent, Alison Steadman, and Timothy Spall
intimate portrait of Gilbert and Sullivan. The music was wonderful. Focus on their opera, The Mikado.
reunion of two women friends from university days who try hard, although awkwardly, to rediscover their early closeness.
Secrets and Lies involves Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), an elegant black woman wanting to learn her birth mother's identity. She will find it's Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn), who is one of the saddest creatures we've seen in film. She's also one of the most real and, ultimately, one of the most lovable.
this one is too violent and ugly for me.
funny, warm, gritty, human. Staring Jim Broadbent, Alison Steadman, and Timothy Spall
two pregnant women from each community in Belfast. As their due date approaches so does the twelfth of July. As the temperature rises, so does the tension and the laughter.
introduced both Gary Oldman and Tim Roth. Set in the Thatcher era, the story revolves around a middle-class family whose male members are all on the government dole
brilliant satire of the British cultural obsession with hereditary titles and social status
also very funny
one of the funnier movies I have seen
a lonesome officeworker (Raitt) who looks after her mentally retarded sister and hopes that her relationship with a schoolteacher will lead to marriage.