Product Details

• Actors: Philip Davis, Philip Jackson, Lesley Manville, Ruth Sheen, Edna Doré
• Directors: Mike Leigh
• Producers: High Hopes
• Format: Import, PAL
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Prism Leisure
• Run Time: 108 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0019DAMBE
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #434,547 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Biographies, Commentary, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Production Notes, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Slice-of-life look at a sweet working-class couple in London, Shirley and Cyril, his mother, who's aging quickly and becoming forgetful, mum's ghastly upper-middle-class neighbors, and Cyril's pretentious sister and philandering husband. Shirley wants a baby, but Cyril, who reads Marx and wants the world to be perfect, is reluctant. Cyril's mum locks herself out and must ask her snooty neighbors for help. Then Cyril's sister Valerie stages a surprise party for mum's 70th birthday, a disaster from start to finish. Shirley holds things together, and she and Cyril may put aside her Dutch cap after all.; SCREENED/AWARDED AT: European Film Awards, Venice Film Festival, ...High Hopes

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Long overdue to region 1 DVD!, June 26, 2009

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Bob Rousseau (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: High Hopes (DVD)

I've been waiting for "High Hopes" to appear as a Region 1 DVD for a long time. It's the film that introduced me to Mike Leigh's films some 20 odd years ago, and what a glorious adventure it's been! The fantastic ensemble cast includes long-time Leigh actor Philip Davis as an aging leftist motorcycle messenger trying to grapple with a mother who is heading towards probable dementia, a girlfriend who wants to have children while he himself isn't sure children should be brought into the world, and a nouveau riche sister who is all about style over substance. While it's been argued that the affluent characters in the film are presented with less dimension than the others, Leigh doesn't hesistate to portray the leftist characters as baffled about how to turn words into actions. This film is also another example of Leigh's amazing talent for chronicling family dysfunction which he continued to utilize in later films like "Secrets and Lies". This piece is well worth your time!

3 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars no subtitles, August 28, 2010

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R BALAKRISHNAN (Mumbai, Maharashtra India) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: High Hopes (DVD)

A lovely film with poor sound quality and no subtitles in english to make up for it. Bad buy.