The Long Day Closes (1992)
"A magical story about a boy’s love affair with the music and movies of the 50s."
ThumbScore
👍 73%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
🎬 84%
(RT: 82%, MC: 85) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Leigh McCormack as Bud
Marjorie Yates as Mother
Anthony Watson as Kevin
Nicholas Lamont as John
Ayse Owens as Helen
Tina Malone as Edna
Jimmy Wilde as Curly
Robin Polley as Mr Nicholls
Is The Long Day Closes good?
Most people think so. 73% audience score, estimated from 129 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 84%.
Overview
Bud is a lonely and quiet boy whose moments of solace occur when he sits in rapture at the local cinema, watching towering and iconic figures on the movie screen. The movies give Bud the strength to get through another day as he deals with his oppressive school environment and his burgeoning homosexuality. Wikipedia ↗
