High Hopes Movie Review 1988

A moving yet nasty satiric comedy about a pair of ex-hippies maintaining their counterculture lifestyle in Margaret Thatcher's England, as they watch the signs of conservative "progress" overtake them and their geriatric, embittered Mum. Hilarious and mature.

Distribution

Available on VHS
Running time 110 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Satire & Parody, Period Piece: 1960s, Great Britain

Screenplay

Mike Leigh

Cast

Philip Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Dore, Philip Jackson, Heather Tobias, Leslie Manville, David Bamber

Cinematography

Roger Pratt

Director

Mike Leigh

Music

Rachel Portman, Andrew Dixon

Producer

Film Four International, British Screen