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Riff-Raff

Riff-Raff

1990
Comedy, Drama
1h 35m
The story of Stevie, a construction worker, and his girlfriend, an unemployed pop singer, serves to show the living conditions of the British poor class (imdb)
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Riff-Raff

1990
Comedy, Drama
1h 35m
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Rated 02 Mar 2008
66
45th
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Rated 09 Feb 2012
5
18th
A disappointing Ken Loach film. I was expecting more but the film focused on the unconvincing love affair rather than making a comment on the workers and the interrelationships of the building site.
Rated 17 Jan 2008
65
65th
Riff-Raff is not one of Loach's best, but it's a very decent piece of social realist dramedy about construction workers in Thatcher's England. This is the movie from which The Big Lebowski plagiarized the ash-scattering gag.
Rated 22 May 2008
80
66th
A splendid piece of social commentary, speckled with rewarding moments of comedy. The actors are all strong, and the characters they portray are personable and believeable. I wouldn't call this a brilliant masterpiece or anything, but it was quite enjoyable on several levels. However, the accents made it difficult to understand a lot of the dialogue. Also, Stewart Copeland's music is good, but seemed inappropriate to me. I think it would have been a better film without any score.
Rated 10 Nov 2009
60
62nd
Good film.
Rated 16 Apr 2012
85
81st
For a story that ends on quite the unsure downer, this is a rather uplifting film. Showing an excellent relationship between friends and romantic partners, the film condenses down all those trials and trivialisations successfully into its running time, allowing for a grand story on a small scale.
Rated 07 Jul 2012
71
59th
A decent effort from Loach. His signiture gritty realism serves to highlight the distintion between those who have and those that don't in a city on the cusp of a boom. It's strong on social commentary and comedy but the romance between Carlyle and McCourt doesn't work as well as the rest of the movie. The acting is solid though, especially Carlyle and Tomlinson.
Rated 26 Jun 2013
2
46th
It's difficult to believe anyone involved in this has even met a working-class person, never mind set foot on a building site. The points it raises and dialogue are extremely clunky. Post-x Factor the (unnecessary) love interests quest for fame didn't get my sympathy at all.
Rated 16 Oct 2013
81
68th
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Rated 16 May 2021
81
68th
Riff-Raff estreava há 30 anos no Festival de Cannes. Esse é da leva do Loach mais lights, ele ainda está com um olhar clínico para a classe trabalhadora, mas a abordagem é menos pesada e possui um final bem catártico. BlurayRip RARBG.

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