willbekinsale-1
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From the moment it begins - it's beautiful. But behinds it's beauty lies a desperate struggle for a son to keep his family together while his mother is schizoid. The boy in this film is incredible. The director's lightness of touch with his performance is stunning.
There are so many touching moments here, like when the mum leaves the house, forgetting to dress, so the son puts an old net curtain on her to make her respectable. Or when the nurse in the waiting room tries to help him but he rejects her offer as it's plainly just lip service.
A brilliant film which deserved to win the BAFTA as did the director's previous film SKIN DEEP.
8/10
There are so many touching moments here, like when the mum leaves the house, forgetting to dress, so the son puts an old net curtain on her to make her respectable. Or when the nurse in the waiting room tries to help him but he rejects her offer as it's plainly just lip service.
A brilliant film which deserved to win the BAFTA as did the director's previous film SKIN DEEP.
8/10
Caught this on the tv again the other day. It's not hard to see why the film made such a fuss at the time. Unlike modern English period dramas this has brooding sexuality in bucket loads. Bates is fantastic as a man who coming to terms with his gasp of sexuality while Oliver Reed as the moody and tense factory owner is set to explode throughout.
Remember Glenda Jackson before she came a left wing politician in a right wing party? If you don't, you need to check this classic film out. She is amazing. The moment when she is she is turned on my Reeds brutality towards his horse by the side of the train track is electric. Then yet again in the pub when she teases the drunk and almost gets raped is also charged. Later with the cows she wants to be dominated by Reed pushing him further and further on. Great stuff. Why can't Merchant Ivory have the balls to make something like this?
Remember Glenda Jackson before she came a left wing politician in a right wing party? If you don't, you need to check this classic film out. She is amazing. The moment when she is she is turned on my Reeds brutality towards his horse by the side of the train track is electric. Then yet again in the pub when she teases the drunk and almost gets raped is also charged. Later with the cows she wants to be dominated by Reed pushing him further and further on. Great stuff. Why can't Merchant Ivory have the balls to make something like this?
