Meantime

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Summary: Tim Roth & Gary Oldman is the best...
Review: This movie is a great movie...to see Tim Roth and Gary Oldman when they first started out is a treat..in this movie they were kids...Roth was around 18-19 when he made this role.
I enjoyed this film a raw and gritty look at a working class family and their friends..the stand out performances are Roth and Oldman incredible.......
..i hope the distributors of Made in Britain makes this movie and the meantime/made in britain double pack availble to regional 1 folks.......

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Summary: meantime
Review: This realist picture of the british working class was orginally made just for T.V. The reason it is now realeased on video is proberbly due to its highly noteworthy cast and the fact its directed by Mike Leigh. However "Meantime" truely deseaves to be rediscoved- its a little gem! Set on a council estate in London, Leigh masterfully caputures the sights and sounds of his environment. The film centres around the unemployed Pollock family, particually sons Mark and Colin. Mark(Phil Daniels) has an attitude of frankness and nihilism, not unlike that of johney in Leighs "Naked". Colin(Tim Roth) on the other hand is slow witted, confused and vunerable to the outside world. Through-out the film we sense Marks well guarded affection for his younger brother as he trys desperatly to protect him. Like most Leigh films "Meantime" is mostly improvised, and as usual, he has a fine ensemble of actors who wont disappoint. Daniels and Roth are both equally convincing and absorbing in their roles- they even look like brothers! Gary Oldman makes his debut and theatens to steal the whole show as impish, skinhead Coxy. But perhaps the most commendable performance here belongs to Marion Bailey as the middle class aunt who attempts to put an optomistic smile on their situation(only to have her good intensions torn apart by Mark). This film may be to bleak and low-key for some viewers. There is no real story line to speak of, but it is a very pure piece of art. I'd recomend it to anyone who is willing to look beneath the surface.

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Summary: CLASSIC WORKING CLASS TV PLAY
Review: WHILE AMERICA WAS CHURNING OUT TEEN FILMS WHERE THE GUY ALWAYS GET THE GIRL AT THE END, US ENGLISH WERE SITTING ROUND WATCHING A FILM WHICH SUMMED UP OUR EVERY DAY LIFE IN THE EARLY 80'S. LIVING ON COUNCIL ESTATES,EITHER BEING A SKINHEAD (OLDMAN)A MOD OR A SCRUFF IN A SNORKEL(ROTH) NOTHING TO DO BUT DOSS ROUND THE STREETS AND NO RESPECT FOR ELDERS. THIS TV PLAY SUMS UP EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT TIME WITH SOME HILARIOUS DIALOGUE & MOVING MOMENTS. NOT MUCH AS CHANGED TODAY EXCEPT THE CLOTHES .. A CLASSIC CLASSIC FILM.