Shirley Valentine (1989)
"No one thought she had the courage, the nerve, or the lingerie."
ThumbScore
👍 70%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 72%
(RT: 72%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Pauline Collins as Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw
Tom Conti as Costas Demitriadis
Julia McKenzie as Gillian
Alison Steadman as Jane
George Costigan as Dougie
Is Shirley Valentine good?
Most people think so. 70% audience score, estimated from 115 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 72%.
Overview
Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light. Wikipedia ↗
