Rent Shirley Valentine (1989)
3.7 of 5 from 91 ratings
1h 44min
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- Synopsis:
- In the role that won her Broadway's acclaimed Tony Award, Pauline Collins is the hilariously endearing Shirley Valentine, a wisecracking, completely unpredictable English housewife who proves it's never too late to recapture your dreams. Bored with her suburban life, Shirley takes a chance on adventure when a friend invites her on a vacation to Greece. Within no time she's back to her rebellious teenage roots, saying yes to a wild fling with a handsome rogue (Tom Conti) and the life she's always wanted.
- Actors:
- Pauline Collins, Tom Conti, Julia McKenzie, Alison Steadman, Joanna Lumley, Sylvia Syms, Bernard Hill, George Costigan, Anna Keaveney, Tracie Bennett, Ken Sharrock, Karen Craig, Gareth Jefferson, Gillian Kearney, Catharine Duncan
- Directors:
- Lewis Gilbert
- Producers:
- Lewis Gilbert, John Dark
- Writers:
- Willy Russell
- Others:
- Marvin Hamlisch, Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman
- Studio:
- Paramount
- Genres:
- Comedy, Romance
- Collections:
- Acting Up: British Actresses at the Oscars, Cinema Paradiso's 2024 Centenary Club: Part 3, Remembering: Bernard Hill, Top 10 British Seaside Movies, Top 10 Films Set in Venice
- Awards:
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Reviews (2) of Shirley Valentine
Go Shirley! - Shirley Valentine review by CP Customer
The first time I watched this film it didn't do anything for me, in fact I didn't like it, I was too young to understand a mature woman going through - well - a middle life crisis really. Now I can relate to her. Hats off, she has a courage to leave her current life and try to find something better. Good film! Thumbs up!
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Funny and poignant - Shirley Valentine review by EP
How can you not like a woman who talks to a wall and a rock? I read the okay to my 11 year old and she got it, it's just amazing that a man could write so brilliantly from a woman's point of view.
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