High Hopes
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The stories of a diverse group of Londoners is presented, they thrown together out of circumstance. Couple Cyril and Shirley, a motorcycle courier and gardener respectively, live in a flat overlooking Kings Cross Station. They generally espouse Marxism and the rights of the workers, and while Cyril is arguably more philosophical about their political views, he also doesn't believe that an uprising of the working class will ever happen. While they deal with their more militant... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in High Hopes:

Phil Davis
Ruth Sheen
Edna Doré
Philip Jackson
Heather Tobias
Lesley Manville

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The stories of a diverse group of Londoners is presented, they thrown together out of circumstance. Couple Cyril and Shirley, a motorcycle courier and gardener respectively, live in a flat overlooking Kings Cross Station. They generally espouse Marxism and the rights of the workers, and while Cyril is arguably more philosophical about their political views, he also doesn't believe that an uprising of the working class will ever happen. While they deal with their more militant friend Suzi who Cyril calls out for what he sees as her hypocritical attitude, and with a stranger named Wayne who has just arrived in the city for a job while unable to connect with his sister with who he was supposed to stay, they have a disagreement of their own as Shirl contemplates having a baby, which Cyril believes is a bad idea in this world. They rarely associate with Cyril's sister Valerie and her used car lot dealer husband Martin. Nouveau riche, narcissistic Valerie is all about presenting herself as well-off, while she is totally neglected by brash Martin, who is a chronic philanderer. Cyril, Shirl and Valerie only need to speak to each other in their respective interactions with Cyril and Valerie's seventy year old mother, Mrs. Bender, who still lives on her own in a council house, but who is just starting to show signs of dementia. Cyril, Shirl, Valerie and Mrs. Bender eventually meet the latter's relatively new neighbors, wealthy, snobbish and somewhat garish husband and wife Rupert and Lætitia. While Rupert and Lætitia are openly perturbed by needing to help helpless Mrs. Bender, which is only exacerbated by meeting the other three, Valerie can only do her best to ingratiate herself with people wealthier than her.

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Chicago Sun-Times - 10/10 by Roger EbertHigh Hopes is an alive and challenging film, one that throws our own assumptions and evasions back at us. Leigh sees his characters and their lifestyles so vividly, so mercilessly and with such a sharp satirical edge, that the movie achieves a neat trick: We start by laughing at the others, and end by feeling uncomfortable about ourselves.
Washington Post - 10/10 by Hal HinsonLeigh has fashioned a limber style of political commentary that is part documentary, part cartoon and wholly novel in the movies.
Portland Oregonian - 9/10 by Ted MaharIt's this balance of vivid performance and directorial detachment that allows Leigh to move freely between delicate sentiment and highly caustic wit; even in his most harshly satirical moments, he never denies the humanity of his characters.
The New York Times - 8/10 by Janet MaslinHigh Hopes manages to be enjoyably whimsical without ever losing its cutting edge.
Los Angeles Times - 8/10 by Sheila BensonThe actors, many of whom are part of a loose Mike Leigh stock company, are miraculously deft at erasing that line between performing and being.
Chicago Reader - 8/10 by Jonathan RosenbaumLeigh displays a passionate affection for and commitment to his leading characters that never precludes a critical distance.
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) - 8/10 by Jay ScottLeigh builds a slight story intended to be a microcosm of today’s London.
User Review - 10/10 by joelgreenbergHigh Hopes is not without its flaws,but like any true gem, the flaws can enhance the thing itself. Mike Leigh's dissection of Thatcher's impact on life in Britain never fails to score, sometimes with laughter that sticks in the throat, and sometimes with a piercing pain of recognition. The downbeat score reminds us that the world of late 1980's London is permanently overcast, almost always threatening a storm. That the clouds fail to break speaks to Leigh's powerful vision and his hold on the truth of the central characters.I loved this film on first sight when it was shown on tv and i had no idea what was about to unfold. I devoured everything of his work that i could find thereafter and ever since. High Hopes is the best there is.

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