An odd film, essentially taking a gander at how the dole influences the underclass in Britain. Tim Roth stars as Colin, a moderate and perhaps mentally debilitated man living with his folks and sibling in a lodging venture. He and his snide manipulative sibling still carry on like young people, living with their folks, irritating each other. The issue is that they are in their late high schoolers or twenties. Neighborhood characters incorporate Hayley, a young lady with a squash on Colin, and Coxy (Gary Oldman) a fierce nearby skinhead who gets to know Colin. Inconvenience results when their affluent auntie gives Colin work and his sibling winds up plainly envious.
Mar 14,1984
Hollywood Movies | Drama | Comedy | TV Movie
A working-class family in London's East End is struggling to stay afloat during the recession under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's premiership. Only the mother Mavis is working; father Frank and the couple's two sons Colin, a timid, chronically shy individual and Mark, an outspoken, headstrong young man, are on the dole. This situation is contrasted by the presence of Mavis's sister Barbara, and her husband John, whose financial and social loftiness appears to be a comfortable facade over the unspoken soreness of a lackluster marriage.
| nudity | 5/10 Some verbal references to sexual activity. |
| violence | 5/10 Some faceslaps and bullying scenes were a man is pushed over. |
| profanity | 7/10 A few infrequent uses of the f word, plus other milder words. Some racial terms such as coon. References to disability such as retard. |
| alcohol | 4/10 Some alcohol drinking in pubs. A woman is shown having a breakdown after drinking a bottle of gin. Some cigarette smoking in a lot of scenes. |
| frightening | 5/10 Some emotionally intense scenes, but nothing frightening. 26/50 - Suitable for older teenagers. |
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