Basic Info
Release: January 13, 1989
Runtime: 108 min
Rating: ⭐ 7.0/10 (95 votes)
Status: Released
Videos
High Hopes (1988) Trailer (YouTube)
1988 High Hopes Official Trailer 1 British Screen Productions (YouTube)
High Hopes
1989
108 min
⭐ 7.0/10
95 votes
Overview
Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband. Shirley wants a baby, but Cyril, who reads Marx and wants the world to be perfect, is reluctant. Cyril's mum locks herself out and must ask her snooty neighbors for help. Then Cyril's sister Valerie stages a surprise party for mum's 70th birthday, a disaster from start to finish. Shirley holds things together, and she and Cyril may put aside her Dutch cap after all.
Genres
Comedy
Drama
Production Countries
- United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
- English en
Flatrate
Criterion Channel
Cast
Phil Davis
Cyril Bender
Ruth Sheen
Shirley
Edna Doré
Mrs Bender
Philip Jackson
Martin Burke
Heather Tobias
Valerie
Lesley Manville
Lætitia Boothe-Brain
David Bamber
Rupert Boothe-Brain
Cheryl Prime
Martin's Girlfriend
Judith Scott
Suzi
Jason Watkins
Wayne
Diane-Louise Jordan
Chemist Shop Assistant
Linda Beckett
Receptionist
Crew
Mike Leigh
Director
Mike Leigh
Writer
Tom Donald
Executive Producer
Simon Channing Williams
Producer
Victor Glynn
Producer
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