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Shirley Valentine

1989

Lewis Gilbert

Pauline Collins, Tom Conti, Julia McKenzie, Alison Steadman ...

6.5

757

Comedy Shirley's a middle-aged Liverpool housewife, who finds herself talking to the wall while she prepares her husband's chip'n'egg, wondering what happened to her life. She compares scenes in her current life with what she used to be like and feels she's stagnated and in a rut. But when her best friend wins an all-expenses-paid vacation to Greece for two, Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.

	Author	Review
United States	Variety	"An uneven but generally delightful romantic comedy that has as its lead the irresistible Pauline Collins."	POS
United States	Caryn James The New York Times	"Collins brings as much energy and warmth to the role as ever, but on screen the strength of her performance is shattered by being chopped into tiny, disconnected bits."	NEU
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"A realistic drama of appalling banality. There were moments during the movie when I cringed at the manipulative dialogue (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Tom Tunney Empire	"It's good humoured enough, but (...) you can't help feeling you've seen and heard everything here somewhere before (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Steve Grant Time Out	"The virtue of Russell's writing is that, for all the cracks, occasional duff lines, and tendency to simplify and stereotype, few can match his ability to make us laugh, cry and ultimately care."	POS

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