High Hopes (1989)

Name: High Hopes
Director: Mike Leigh
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1989
Duration: 108 min

ThumbScore

👍 71%audience score

Critics Score

🎬 88% (RT: 92%, MC: 84)

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Where to Watch

Streaming

Criterion Channel

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Director

Mike Leigh

Runtime

1h 48m

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

TMDB Rating

7.1/10 (97 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

92%

Metacritic

Cast

Phil Davis as Cyril Bender · 71% avg

Ruth Sheen as Shirley · 71% avg

Edna Doré as Mrs Bender

Philip Jackson as Martin Burke · 77% avg

Heather Tobias as Valerie

Lesley Manville as Lætitia Boothe-Brain · 70% avg

David Bamber as Rupert Boothe-Brain

Cheryl Prime as Martin's Girlfriend

Overview

Working-class couple Shirley and Cyril are in conflict over whether they should have children, their problems with 'yuppies' moving into the neighbourhood and outpricing them, and the advent of Cyril's ageing mother's seventieth birthday. Wikipedia ↗