I realize this may be the last thing you want to do with a movie you gave two stars to, but I recommend giving it a second viewing sometime. I was a little disappointed by it the first time I watched it too but I've found it to be a real grower. I think I've enjoyed it more every time I've seen it.

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I've been catching up on some British classics as of late (The Ladykillers, The servant, Brighton rock, The 39 steps, Kind hearts and coronets) and this one impressed me the most. I guess it's part of the British new wave, whatever that may be, it certainly shares the style of its more famous French cousins. It's not difficult to like a film with such an iconic performance by Albert Finney. He owns every shot he's in. But the entire cast excelles and the film never gets boring for even a minute. Definitely a keeper. - 9/10

I'm not familiar with that movie but it's funny that you should mention Albert Finney because I just watched Annie a couple days ago.

YES. Just YES. Props on the Ealing comedies and I absolutely love Brighton Rock, Brief Encounter, all that stuff... You watch those movies people actually didn't speak the same, it's amazing. 'Queen's English' ftw
new wave... have you seen Billy Liar? if you haven't that has to be right at the top of your list, you'd lav it. There's too many to mention really. I am a slave to kitchen sink dramas of the 60's

Hollywood has absolutely slaughtered a couple recently - Ladykillers, Alfie. Why?!

I'm pretty sure it is because of some kind of pact with satan.

Watchmen - ****

EXACTLY. but seriously you can't just take very period-specific ideas and regurgitate them in Americanese... well okay you can, and it really shouldn't annoy me anymore but it's just rape. Cultural rape. Post-war Britain is a sacred era man

Well at least Ladykillers bombed and nobody is going to remember the Alfie re-make in 30 years.

If it makes you feel any better it's by no means Britain-specific, Hollywood remakes everything. I actually heard there are plans in the works to do a remake of Short Circuit for fucks sake.

I swear. The quantity of crappy sequels, remake and adaptations of tv shows, comic books and video games has never been greater than it is now. And it seems every other movie has to be based on a book or a play. Very few people in hollywood nowadays have ideas of their own.

That's not true, it's just that the good scripts get passed over in favor of doing shit like a remake of Friday the 13th.