High Hopes (1989)
Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband. Shirley wants a baby, but Cyril, who reads Marx and wants the world to be perfect, is reluctant. Cyril's mum locks herself out and must ask her snooty neighbors for help. Then Cyril's sister Valerie stages a surprise party for mum's 70th birthday, a disaster from start to finish. Shirley holds things together, and she and Cyril may put aside her Dutch cap after all.
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Phil DavisCyril Bender
Ruth SheenShirley
Edna DoréMrs Bender
Philip JacksonMartin Burke
Heather TobiasValerie
Lesley ManvilleLætitia Boothe-Brain
David BamberRupert Boothe-BrainCheryl PrimeMartin's Girlfriend
Jason WatkinsWayneJudith ScottSuzi
Diane-Louise JordanChemist Shop AssistantLinda BeckettReceptionistKeywords
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What is High Hopes about?
Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband. Shirley wants a baby, but Cyril, who reads Marx and wants the world to be perfect, is reluctant. Cyril's mum locks herself out and must ask her snooty neighbors for help. Then Cyril's sister Valerie stages a surprise party for mum's 70th birthday, a disaster from start to finish. Shirley holds things together, and she and Cyril may put aside her Dutch cap after all.
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High Hopes has a runtime of 108 minutes.
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