Product Details

• Actors: Julie Walters, Rupert Graves, Matthew Walker, Laura Sadler, Holly Aird
• Directors: Philip Goodhew
• Writers: Philip Goodhew
• Producers: Angela Hart, Gareth Jones, Jon Slan, Lisa Hope, Simon Hardy
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Fox Home Entertainme
• VHS Release Date: February 10, 1998
• Run Time: 105 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0793963176
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #197,039 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Based on a true story, this dark, disturbing comedy goes in unexpected directions and makes you laugh at the most appalling things. At the center of this story is the aptly named Harold Guppy (Rupert Graves), an orphan who is fresh out of the navy in 1950s London. He finds a situation as a boarder in the Beasley household, where husband Stanley (Matthew Walker) is no match for his hard-working, ever-industrious wife, Marjorie (Julie Walters). Marjorie, put off by the notion of sex with her husband, hungrily pursues the idea with her handsome young lodger, which triggers bouts of jealousy from her budding teen daughter, Joyce (Laura Sadler). This leads to an unsavory triangle; the sharklike Marjorie can't get enough of Guppy, leading to the shocking finale. Walters is a juggernaut and Graves plays a seeming innocent who can't get out of her--or his own--way. --Marshall Fine

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most Brilliant Film Of Its Time, June 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Intimate Relations [VHS] (VHS Tape)

What a brilliant film! from the first time i saw it i fell in love with it, all the actors were brilliant but who stood out was Julie Walters her acting skills were and are magnificent she's absoloutely brilliant! I am a huge fan of all of Julie's work. Rupert Graves and Julie Walters brought the characters up to a high standard that may not have been achieved by other actors which made the film more enjoyable. I would recommend this film to all. Especially fans of Julie!

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intimate Relations...., August 25, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Intimate Relations [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This must be the most amazing video you will ever see!!!!Im a fan of Rupert Graves aka Harold Cuppy. It will make you laugh,cringe and drool!Its a very good video that will never come out of your VCR!This is one Vid'that anyone would like.You'll regret not getting it!Look out 4 the young girl!
Ive given it 5 stars!IO/IO! This is Special.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Truth Is ALWAYS Stranger Than Fiction, Ain't It, Folks?, February 17, 2004

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Sheila Chilcote-Collins "Sheila Renee Chilcot... (Collinswood, Van Wert, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Intimate Relations [VHS] (VHS Tape)

ACTUALLY based on a true story, this dark comedy will have you glued to your TV screen for sure. The protagonist in this story is an orphan all grown up (sort of) by the name of Harold Guppy, a young man in 1950s London that just did a stint in the Queen's Navy.

Looking for a place to hang his hat, he ends up as a boarder in the quite WEIRD Beasley household, where Daddy Stanley, Mummy Marjorie & Baby Joyce reside & take him in as a family member (at first). Marjorie, a frumpy 50's something housewife, though very adept & conniving, is daily put off by the notion of sex with her sagging and slowly deteriorating husband. Thusly, Marjorie is searching for her lost youth so she hungrily and SHAMELESSLY pursues a fabulous affair with her handsome, love starved, young lodger, which triggers rages and MAJOR jealousy from her nubile, prepubescent budding baby daughter, Joyce, of whom also has a crush on Guppy & gives her virginity to him .

This ACTUALLY leads to a really freaky lust triangle. The insatiable Marjorie can't get enough sex from poor Mr. Guppy, gets jealous of her daughter and thus the movie has quite an eye-opening shocker of a finale... The TRUTH, my friends, IS STRANGER than FICTION!!!