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Episode 5

Grown-Ups

Grown-Ups

1980
TV Episode
1h 35m
Dick and Mandy, a young working class couple, move into a council house in Canterbury, and find Mr. Butcher, one of their former teachers, living next door. Mandy's unmarried sister, Gloria, is constantly dropping in, and will not take any hints that the couple would prefer to be left alone, until her presence finally goads them to action. (imdb)

Directed by:

Mike Leigh
Mike-Leigh
47 total credits
Often compared to Ken Loach, Mike Leigh also makes social realism-orientated films that focus on the banal conflicts of the everyday life of regular people. Most of his films are set amidst the blighted urban decay of the inner city, or amid the soulessness of suburbia. He begins projects without a script; instead, he sets out a basic premise, and lets the ideas develop through improvisation by the actors. (Wikipedia)

Writer:

Mike Leigh
Mike-Leigh
47 total credits
Often compared to Ken Loach, Mike Leigh also makes social realism-orientated films that focus on the banal conflicts of the everyday life of regular people. Most of his films are set amidst the blighted urban decay of the inner city, or amid the soulessness of suburbia. He begins projects without a script; instead, he sets out a basic premise, and lets the ideas develop through improvisation by the actors. (Wikipedia)

Starring:

Lesley Manville
Lesley-Manville
56 total credits
Credits include: Maleficent, Phantom Thread, Secrets & Lies, A Christmas Carol and Another Year
,
Brenda Blethyn
Brenda-Blethyn
48 total credits
Credits include: Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, A River Runs Through It, Secrets & Lies and The Witches
,
Philip Davis
Philip-Davis
36 total credits
Credits include: Alien 3, Pink Floyd The Wall, Notes on a Scandal, Another Year and Mr. Holmes
,
Lindsay Duncan
Lindsay-Duncan
53 total credits
Credits include: Birdman, Alice in Wonderland, About Time, Under the Tuscan Sun and Gifted
,
Janine Duvitski
Janine-Duvitski
12 total credits
Credits include: Dracula, Abigail's Party, Grown-Ups, One Foot in the Grave and Benidorm
,
Sam Kelly
Sam-Kelly
15 total credits
Credits include: Grown-Ups, Porridge, Porridge, Blue Ice and A Running Jump

AKA:

Grown Ups

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Grown-Ups

1980
TV Episode
1h 35m
Your probable score

Ratings & Reviews

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Average Percentile: 62.5%
09 Apr 2022
4
55th
my neighbors have a cat who's decided he lives here. he's learned to knock on the front door, and if that doesn't work he gazes through the window pitifully. once inside, he's a relentless attention whore, headbutting and walking up and down your lap and raising his paw pleadingly like oliver twist begging for food. he's the friendliest cat in the universe and i love him to bits but more than 20 minutes and he drives me insane. he and leigh have evidently met, and blethyn plays him perfectly.
13 Nov 2017
84
78th
Another familiar Mike Leigh film with the usual emotional trajectory, yet this didn't stop this grounded realist film soar into crazy dramatic heights in its climax. Many usual Leigh staples are present here, particularly the well-meaning yet aggravating single character infringing on the fed-up married couple, which is done as brilliantly here as it was in Another Year. The intense drama is peppered with comedic moments, but they hardly make this world seem any less hopeless.
03 Feb 2013
45
13th
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.
29 Mar 2010
5
81st
The usual humorous discomfort from Leigh in his working class context. It's text-heavy and focuses heavily on the main actors - the problem is that these elements aren't exactly up to his best. The leads are the stand-out.
11 Jun 2008
5
54th
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 loss though.

Cast & Info

Directed by:

Mike Leigh
Mike-Leigh
47 total credits
Often compared to Ken Loach, Mike Leigh also makes social realism-orientated films that focus on the banal conflicts of the everyday life of regular people. Most of his films are set amidst the blighted urban decay of the inner city, or amid the soulessness of suburbia. He begins projects without a script; instead, he sets out a basic premise, and lets the ideas develop through improvisation by the actors. (Wikipedia)

Writer:

Mike Leigh
Mike-Leigh
47 total credits
Often compared to Ken Loach, Mike Leigh also makes social realism-orientated films that focus on the banal conflicts of the everyday life of regular people. Most of his films are set amidst the blighted urban decay of the inner city, or amid the soulessness of suburbia. He begins projects without a script; instead, he sets out a basic premise, and lets the ideas develop through improvisation by the actors. (Wikipedia)

Starring:

Lesley Manville
Lesley-Manville
56 total credits
Credits include: Maleficent, Phantom Thread, Secrets & Lies, A Christmas Carol and Another Year
,
Brenda Blethyn
Brenda-Blethyn
48 total credits
Credits include: Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, A River Runs Through It, Secrets & Lies and The Witches
,
Philip Davis
Philip-Davis
36 total credits
Credits include: Alien 3, Pink Floyd The Wall, Notes on a Scandal, Another Year and Mr. Holmes
,
Lindsay Duncan
Lindsay-Duncan
53 total credits
Credits include: Birdman, Alice in Wonderland, About Time, Under the Tuscan Sun and Gifted
,
Janine Duvitski
Janine-Duvitski
12 total credits
Credits include: Dracula, Abigail's Party, Grown-Ups, One Foot in the Grave and Benidorm
,
Sam Kelly
Sam-Kelly
15 total credits
Credits include: Grown-Ups, Porridge, Porridge, Blue Ice and A Running Jump

AKA:

Grown Ups

Country:

UK

Language:

English
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