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Albert Finney,
Albert Finney,
Shirley Ann Field,
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Karel Reisz,
Karel Reisz
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: Not Rated
: MGM
: Drama, Foreign, British Drama, UK
: 90 min.
: English
: English, Spanish, French
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"All I want is a good time. The rest is propaganda." That's the philosophy of archetypal British "angry young man" Arthur Seaton (Albert Finney). A middle-class working stiff in a dead-end job, Arthur's principal goal in life is to survive the work week, then spend the weekend raising as much hell and drinking as much beer and other liquor as possible. Since pleasure is all that Arthur lives for, he thinks nothing of starting up an affair with the wife (Rachel Roberts) of one of his co-workers (Bryan Pringle). His efforts to secure her an abortion when he gets her pregnant stem not out of concern for her but out of his own selfishness: why should he be tied down with a squalling brat? Despite his carousing and his ongoing desire to escape the dull routine of his weekday existence, Arthur is doomed to perpetuate that routine via his marriage to a complacent "nice" girl (Shirley Ann Field) from his own neighborhood. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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by markh
March 17, 2005 - 11:08 AM PST
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3 out of 6 members found this review helpful
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I dont want to go into plot details etc. Suffice to say this is a VERY GOOD FILM. They do not make them like this anymore, they try -think of well observed NJ drama type independents- but this is just that much better. Its gritty, realistic, real accents America beware if you had trouble with the Full Monty...
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