High Hopes

Name: High Hopes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1989-01-13
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 7.4

1989 · 1h 48m · Comedy, Drama

IMDb 7.4 Metacritic 84 RT 92%

Watch it. This Mike Leigh classic is a sharp, funny, and deeply human portrait of working-class life and generational tension—the kind of character-driven comedy-drama that actually says something. The stellar critical consensus (92% RT, 84 Metacritic) backs up what cinephiles have known for decades: this is essential viewing.

Plot

Working-class couple Shirley and Cyril are in conflict over whether they should have children, their problems with 'yuppies' moving into the neighbourhood and outpricing them, and the advent of Cyril's ageing mother's seventieth birthday.

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