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About this movie. A slow-burning depiction of economic degradation in Thatcher’s England, Mike Leigh’s Meantime was the culmination of the writer-director’s pioneering work in television and became his breakthrough theatrical release. Unemployment is rampant in London’s working-class East End, where a middle-aged couple and their two ...
An odd film, primarily looking at how the dole affects the underclass in Britain. Tim Roth stars as Colin, a slow and possibly intellectually disabled man living with his parents and brother in a housing project. He and his sarcastic manipulative brother still behave like teenagers, living with their parents, harassing each other.
Meantime. Directed by Mike Leigh • 1984 • United Kingdom. Starring Tim Roth, Phil Daniels, Gary Oldman. A slow-burning depiction of economic degradation in Thatcher’s England, Mike Leigh’s MEANTIME is the culmination of the writer-director’s pioneering work in television. Unemployment is rampant in London’s working-class East End ...
The raw, hard-hitting 'Meantime' (1983), exploring strong social and political issues of the day (mainly the high unemployment level), evokes the deep working-class despair of "Thatcher's Britain" in the early 1980's. Powerful and gritty in content, 'Meantime' shrewdly captures that era in British cultural history impeccably well.
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 ...
Jan 26, 1999 · Ultimately, "Meantime" is about the brothers and the choices one makes when there are not many real choices in life to be had. Somewhat of a coming of age film for Colin, but a bleak one at that. Criterion extras are mostly interviews and are interesting but nothing to get too excited about. 4 1/2 stars.
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Mike Leigh had been working in television and film for over 10 years before his film Meantime, made for British television, got him noticed.Its tale of the desperate existence of a family without means and another without meaning, received rave reviews and set him and his cast into the world of international success.
