Comparing Gloria from this film with a similar (even played by the same actress) character Cynthia in Leigh's later film Secrets & Lies shows this film's major fault: with Cynthia Leigh's viewpoint is compassionate wanting to help us understand her and the emotions she's going through, whereas Leigh presents Gloria as some sort of whining, annoying banshee who is only on screen to cause drama and for us to laugh at. I wasn't laughing.

The usual humorous discomfort from Leigh in his working class context. It's text-heavy and focuses exclusively on the actors, the problem is that these elements aren't exactly up to his best. The leads are the stand-out.

Mild early effort from Leigh. Not as uncompromisingly dramatic or comedic as he will later become so instead of filling me with both awe and discomfort, a fascinating combination unique to his style (see Naked, Secrets & Lies), I just got stuck with the discomfort. Few funny moments here and there keep it from becoming a total lose though.