High Hopes (1989)

High Hopes (1989)

1989-01-13 United Kingdom 108 Min. PG-13
7.1 85 votes

Overview

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.

Cast

Phil Davis is Cyril Bender
Cyril Bender
Ruth Sheen is Shirley
Shirley
Edna Doré is Mrs Bender
Mrs Bender
Philip Jackson is Martin Burke
Martin Burke
Heather Tobias is Valerie
Valerie
Lesley Manville is Lætitia Boothe-Brain
Lætitia Boothe-Brain
David Bamber is Rupert Boothe-Brain
Rupert Boothe-Brain
Cheryl Prime is Martin's Girlfriend
Martin's Girlfriend
Judith Scott is Suzi
Suzi
Jason Watkins is Wayne
Wayne
Diane-Louise Jordan is Chemist Shop Assistant
Chemist Shop Assistant
Linda Beckett is Receptionist
Receptionist

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