High Hopes

Name: High Hopes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 13 Jan 1989
Rating: 7.10
Cast: Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré, Philip Jackson, Heather Tobias

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.

Year: 1989

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Studio: British Screen Productions, Portman Productions, Film4 Productions

Director: Mike Leigh

Cast: Phil Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré, Philip Jackson, Heather Tobias, Lesley Manville

Crew: Mike Leigh (Director), Mike Leigh (Writer), Steve Wheeler (Standby Property Master), Tom Donald (Executive Producer), Roger Pratt (Director of Photography), Micky Moynihan (Location Manager)

Runtime: 108 minutes

Release: Jan 13, 1989

IMDb: 7.10/10 by 88 users

Popularity: 2

Country: United Kingdom

Language: English