Advantages: Very watchable, amusing, very well acted, good social comment Disadvantages: The voice Heather Tobias adopts while playing the part of Valerie
RELEASED: 1988
RUNNING TIME: 101mins
MAIN CAST:-
Cyril (Philip Davis)
Shirley (Ruth Sheen)
Valerie (Heather Tobias)
Mrs Bender, Cyril & Valerie's mother (Edna Dore)
Martin (Philip Jackson)
Letitia, nickname 'Tittie' (Lesley Manville)
Rupert (David Bamber)
PRODUCERS:-
Simon Channing-Williams
Victor Glyn
WRITTEN, DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY MIKE LEIGH
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HighHopes is a Mike Leigh film which doesn't have a specific storyline, merely concentrating on a section taken from the lives of a few individuals who are related to or connected to one another in some way.
This film is set in London during a time when the yuppie culture had well and truly installed itself. People, especially the young, who had good jobs and were in receipt of a high income, were buying up ...
CelticSoulSister 29.10.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of High Hopes (DVD)
Advantages: Unbelievably chilled out Disadvantages: Little samey but only if your being picky
Jack Johnson is an Acoustic guitarist and songwriter born in Hawaii. This is his third album and is a characteristically mellow offering and should appeal to anyone who knows how to chill out.
The album is packaged in a nice cardboard case which is a yellow background and a silhouette of a tree with a lone guitarist resting against it. This guy is seriously laid back. his album has 15 tracks but also comes with a bonus track when bought in the UK. A lot of people who have read my reviews will tend to like something completely different but I don't think many people will dislike JJ. My only complaint is that he's TOO chilled.
The Album
[Track 1 - Better Together]
A floating acoustic riff drifts through the beginning of this track and the vocals make it practically feel like a lullaby. The lyrics are positive ...
Advantages: A great chill out album, perfect for summer evenings Disadvantages: Very similar songs, not much variation
Everybody has those days in their life when they don't want to do much of anything. Maybe you've had a bad week, or things just haven't gone the way that you'd like them to. Whatever the case may be, it just seems like a good day to do nothing. And relish in it. Until recently, I called these days Mondays. But now I have a different name for them: "Johnson Days." (Now let's not take this to a weird place, it's far too early in the review for that.)
I had never heard of Jack Johnson prior to In Between Dreams. A few months ago, my aunt purchased this CD that she was incredibly excited about. So she popped it in his CD player while we were driving and I was treated to my first meeting with Jack. Cool, mellow, simple Jack.
Since that first listen, I guess you could say that I've been somewhat immersed in a world of soothing melodies ...
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