Brighton

A day trip to the seaside, with fond memories of Brighton years ago. What could possibly go wrong? Answer...Almost everything, as the main characters try in vain to recapture old memories. Beautifully Directed by Stephen Cookson, who also wrote the story, which goes a full circle for one character and ends unexpectedly happily. I enjoyed this film so much, shown as part of the Cheltenham International Film Festival (2021), that I watched it twice. Superb acting by all four leads: Larry Lamb, Lesley Sharp, Marion Bailey and Phil Davis, plus an excellent supporting cast. Well done cast & crew!

A waste of talented actors, I'm surprised they agreed to appear in this drivel. Typical stereotypes bad cockney accents & not a good story. It could have been good but the screenplay was badly done, & direction poor to say the least, I presume as it was made in 2019, but realised in 2021, it wasn't good enough for cinema realise. Don't bother to watch it's a waste of an hour & a half of your life!

This film is 'NOT' for the PC brigade. Reminded me of my Grandads generation. A touch of Alf Garnet about the film. There's irony later in the film. Give it a chance, I wasn't disappointed.

Clearly designed to hit every tick in the box requiring by woke film buyers and distributors. Even the cast look embarrassed by the story. Well worth a miss......

Not all plays do well on the big screen.

It was made 14 years after the modern days setting so even attitudes had changed in that time.

Ok, it's not the best script in the world and Lesley Sharpe's cockney accent is suspect but I suspect many reviewers here don't remember shows like Til Death Do Us Part, Love They Neighbour and Mind Your Language.

This is spreading a similar message.

Times are changing and the safety blanket of the past is being taken away from those brought up in those times.

The film may not have been entirely filmed in Brighton but how many films and shows are actually filmed where they are set?

Most TV shows seem to be filmed in studios in Leeds or Manchester these days.

The film is about changing times and maybe would have been better wet in Eastbourne or god's waiting room as my resident relative there calls it.

For a relatively small place Brighton does receive a lot of film and TV exposure.

As said, the story isn't brilliant but the actors do their characters well.

Perhaps a lot less looking at old impressions and more on the values of the past might have given the main cast greater credit.

Not a film for the woke but a nice bit of nostalgia for those old enough to have experienced the highs and lows in life.

It's far from a 10 but PC brigade giving it a 1 isn't right either.

Could have been much better. A good cast deserved better too.