Meantime

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Meantime

TV-MA,

1983,

1h 44m,

Comedy/

Drama

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Two brothers (Phil Daniels, Tim Roth) live on the dole in a small apartment with their unemployed parents in London's East End.

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Walter Goodman

New York Times

Apr 9, 2005

The first hour is given to aimless glimpses of aimless existences, and the second, in which Colin finds a sort of deliverance, is contrived in concept and awkward in execution.

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Sean Burns

Crooked Marquee

Jan 31, 2025

Nearly everything in the film is curdled and ugly. It’s one of the most vivid depictions of how people without purpose turn on each other.

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Brian Susbielles

InSession Film

Mar 7, 2023

It’s a slice-of-life of struggle in the family with commonplace events that fall in between.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Oct 11, 2021

3/4

Playing a skinhead doesn't require much subtlety, but Gary Oldman nevertheless manages to go well over the top.

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David Harris

Spectrum Culture

Sep 30, 2019

Meantime may very well be the template for many of Leigh's most beloved, subsequent works.

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Nathanael Hood

Audiences Everywhere

Dec 27, 2018

B+

A crucial glimpse into the societal ennui felt by Britain's working class during the 1980s.

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Kylo S

Nov 13, 2017

Little victories of domestic life are really the biggest victories, especially when you start with no dignity. Here is a spontaneous development of a powerful and rather victorious story arc.

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Hermione S

Apr 25, 2017

Anxiety breeds anger which firmly holds your head down in the mud of poverty. This is O Lucky Man meets Pinter's The Caretaker as a kitchen sink drama. It's not exactly fun to watch but that's only due to the truly excellent acting all around. Small problems ignored on every scale and level-from families, to their building management, to the government. This is what we collectively look away from, and that's why it needed to be made.

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Synopsis

Two brothers (Phil Daniels, Tim Roth) live on the dole in a small apartment with their unemployed parents in London's East End.

Director: Mike Leigh
Producer: Graham Benson
Screenwriter: Mike Leigh
Production Co: Central Productions
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: British English
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Runtime: 1h 44m

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