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Meantime
Description: Director Mike Leigh presents another slice-of-life drama--this time focusing on a family of acerbic, terminally unemployed working-class Britons languishing in their East End council house. Frank (Jeff Robert) and Mavis (Pam Ferris) are the endlessly bickering parents of Mark (Phil Daniels) and Colin (Tim Roth). Colin is a slow-witted teenager who strikes up a disturbing friendship with Coxy (Gary Oldman), a local neo-Nazi. His aunt Barbara (Marion Bailey) tries to lure him out of his shell by hiring him to help her wallpaper her new house. Unfortunately, Mark becomes jealous over this attention shown to his younger brother, triggering a series of taunts that convince Colin into rejecting his auntA,A's friendly offer. Not content in her own marriage to John (Alfred Molina), Barbara turns to the bottle to help dilute her inner pain. As the days wear on, the hopelessness of each individualA,A's lives begins to catch up with them. As is the case with most of LeighA,A's films from the late 1980s (HIGH HOPES, LIFE IS SWEET), there is a bittersweet, comic quality to the story that keeps it from becoming completely pessimistic. This exceptional film also benefits from excellent performances by Bailey, Daniels, Oldman, and especially Roth. Reviews Variety 11/30/1983 "...An outstanding example of [Leigh's] art....It's rich in very British humor, with the wonderful actors perfectly capturing every tiny detail of their characters..."Sight and Sound 12/01/1983 "...Painfully funny..." Synopsis In Mike Leigh's MEANTIME, a lower-class British family struggles to make ends meet while living in a housing project. One of the sons, an awkward loner, strikes up a unlikely friendship with a local neo-Nazi.

Title: Meantime
Category: Dramas
Actors: Gary Oldman/ Tim Roth/ Phil Daniels
Directors: Mike Leigh
UPC: 72091750562
Released: 01 26 1999
Original Release: 1983
Studio: Wellspring
Catalog #: 5056
Language: EnglishOriginal
Rating: Not Rated
Format: DVD Color
Runtime: 6180 -- $5.99

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