Product Details

• Actors: Roger Sloman, Alison Steadman, Anthony O'Donnell, Sheila Kelley, Stephen Bill
• Directors: Mike Leigh
• Writers: Mike Leigh
• Producers: David Rose
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Water Bearer Films,
• VHS Release Date: January 4, 1995
• Run Time: 84 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302579589
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #178,220 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Upper-middle class hippie couple can't find peace on holiday, March 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Play for Today {Nuts in May (#6.12)} [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Keith and Candace-Marie are an insufferable couple from Surrey trying to uphold their contrived hippie ideals whilst on holiday in Dorset. For the domineering Keith, encounters with the common man are as painful as Candace-Marie's interest in them. In classic Leigh fashion, Keith's stubborn nature leads to a tense conflagration at the end. The "Zoo" song is a highlight and listening to these intellectual-turned-hippie idealists causes wonderful embarrassment and high levels of cringe.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of his best, October 14, 2000

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"phuq23" (west vancouver, b.c. Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Play for Today {Nuts in May (#6.12)} [VHS] (VHS Tape)

people know mike leigh more for his recent dramatic efforts, namely secrets and lies, and naked.however his early films are the true jewels in the crown of the director.films such as grown ups,home sweet home, and meantime are all classics.nuts in may, however, is the funniest.perhaps it is the protaganist, keiths, absurd need for total dominance over any situation which makes it so hysterical.certainly the performance by roger sloman is incredible, i dont know why he wasnt in more films.as we slowly see him lose control, as the campsite he and his wife visit slowly has its peace disturbed by increasing numbers of fellow campers, the film reaches higher and higher levels of torturous embarrasment-and the viewer is embarrased for keith who is like an alien amongst the people he is surrounded by.as one earlier reviewer noted, not everyone will get this movie, as it relies on subtle character insights to make us laugh.however, the people i have shown this film to who did get it, mark it as one of their all time favorites.definitely try it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bald as a baby's bum, Keith..., April 23, 2000

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David Humphrey (Salisbury, Wiltshire, England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Play for Today {Nuts in May (#6.12)} [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I first saw Nuts in May when it was screened by the Beeb in 1975.I almost died from laughing so much. Now I have it on video and reach for it at moments when I need reminding about the essential absurdities of day-to-day life. Mike Leigh is an absolute genius and his powers of observation spot-on. Alison Steadman as Candice Marie was never better, giving a performance that surpassed even her role as the Essex girl from hell in Abigail's Party. As for Roger Sloman, whatever happened to this brilliant actor? He deserved a knighthood at the very least.