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Look Back in Anger

1959

Tony Richardson

Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Mary Ure, Edith Evans ...

7.0

901

Drama Archetypal British "angry young man" Jimmy Porter (Richard Burton) is a college-educated bloke who can't seem to get any better job than working in a candy store. Jimmy's relationship with his wife Alison (Mary Ure) alternates between hugs and kisses when he's feeling good and verbal abuse when he's down on himself, which is often. Alison's best friend Helena Charles (Claire Bloom) advises Alison to escape her injurious marriage. Left ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Variety	"Richardson's is a technical triumph, but somewhere along the line he has lost the heart and the throb that made the play an adventure. The film simultaneously impresses and depresses."	NEU
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Empire	"Powerhouse performance from Richard Burton but a little too old to play the angry young man stuff that is essential to this tale (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"Archetypal squalid British realism in an effectively scripted and well acted version of John Osborne's now dated play (...) Burton is too old for the part"	NEU
United Kingdom	Tom Hutchinson Radio Times	"An emblem of its time that's not to be missed (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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