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5.3/10 • 15

1996-10-011h 40m

DramaComedy

What will the neighbours say?

In 1950s England, sailor Harold Guppy arrives in a small seaside town looking for his estranged brother. After a brief reunion, Harold finds a room for rent in the house of Mrs. Beasley, her meek husband and their teenage daughter, Joyce. It's clear that Harold has a troubled past, but his future is about to get more perilous yet. Despite the rosy surface, Harold soon finds himself in a tawdry sexual tug-of-war that won't end well.

Directors
Philip Goodhew
Editors
Pia Di Ciaula

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  1. Julie Walters

    Julie Walters

    Marjorie

  2. Rupert Graves

    Rupert Graves

    Harold

  3. Matthew Walker

    Matthew Walker

    Stanley

  4. Laura Sadler

    Laura Sadler

    Joyce

  5. Holly Aird

    Holly Aird

    Deirdre

  6. Les Dennis

    Les Dennis

    Maurice

  7. Elizabeth McKechnie

    Elizabeth McKechnie

    Iris

  8. Nicholas Hoult

    Nicholas Hoult

    Bobby

  9. James Aidan

    James Aidan

    George

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CinemaSerf

Jan 12, 2024

6/10

Based on a true story, Harold (Rupert Graves) arrives home after a spell at sea and finds rejection at home from his sister-in-law. Forced to seek lodgings elsewhere, he alights on Marjorie (Julie Walters) who shares a room with her teenage daughter whilst her husband sleeps separately for "medical reasons"! Initially all goes well, they all bond nicely and he settles in as one of the family. The applecart gets a bit upset, though, when Marjorie decides that she's got the hots for her new tenant and after some very timid rebuttals, he soon acquiesces to her demands! The daughter, Joyce (Laura Sadler), meantime, is fully aware of her mother's peccadilloes and threatening to tell her father, insists that she becomes part of their games. Not the sex part, no, but she essentially treats him like an indulgent new father - and one with whom she becomes increasingly infatuated. Needless to say, this situation cannot continue but it's only when he tries to end things that he discovers that his older paramour is quite prepared to make his life a criminal misery with some heinous allegations should he try to escape this web of deceit - before a picnic brings things to a tragic and definitive head! Walters and Graves are both fine here, but they don't gel especially well together and that's quite crucial to the addictive nature of this story. The sex scenes are almost comedic at times and the ease with which this menage-à-trois seems to thrive rather robs the film of much of a sense of jeopardy, or even that they might be doing something wrong and immoral. It does look good but the narrative is a bit flat and disappointing, I found.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
post-war england