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Shirley Valentine (1989)

Pauline Collins (Actor), Tom Conti (Actor) | Rated: R | Format: DVD
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (213 customer reviews) |

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  • Actors: Pauline Collins, Tom Conti, Julia McKenzie, Alison Steadman, Joanna Lumley
  • Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: Paramount
  • DVD Release Date: May 1, 2007
  • Run Time: 108 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (213 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000MGBSIU
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #45,424 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

In the role that won her Broadway’s acclaimed Tony Award, Pauline Collins is the hilariously endearing Shirley Valentine, a wisecracking, completely unpredictable English housewife who proves it’s never too late to recapture your dreams. Bored with her suburban life, Shirley takes a chance on adventure when a friend invites her on a vacation to Greece. Within no time she’s back to her rebellious teenage roots, saying yes to a wild fling with a handsome rogue (Tom Conti) and the life she’s always wanted.

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86 of 86 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
One of the best films ever made that explores the human heart, "Shirley Valentine" begins with a bored British housewife who aches for "the girl who used to be me." Shirley Valentine was the rebel, the smart-mouth, the girl who would dare to do what other girls only dreamed of having the nerve to try. Now she's Shirley Bradshaw, a 42-year-old housewife with 2 grown kids and a husband she feels doesn't love her anymore. This movie is about how a fortnight's holiday alone (more or less - she arrives with a friend who promptly ditches her) in Greece enables her to find Shirley Valentine again. Funny, witty, heartwarming, inspiring, sentimental without being syrupy, "Shirley Valentine" is for all of us who've ever wondered if we made the right choices in life -- and if it's too late to take some of them back. Pauline Collins deserved the Oscar she was nominated for (too bad she didn't get it), with one of the best performances by an actor ever put onto film. The perfect movie to watch WHENEVER you are "down in the dumps," this film will cheer you up and give you hope, each and every time.
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59 of 62 people found the following review helpful
Shirley Valentine is lovely! December 7, 1999
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I saw this movie many years ago, when it first hit the art house theatres. I bought it on video as soon as it was available!

This movie touched me in a way that no other movie has before. Shirley's desire to rediscover life during a marriage that's lifeless, along with two grown kids that don't seem to care much for her anymore, really was poignant. Her desire to find that young, rebellious girl that she once was, willing to take chances and enjoy life, see the world -- it's an amazing film.

You'll enjoy her little sidebars to the cameras and her conversations with inanimate objects. Pauline Collins is adorable and a delight in this film. It's a great film for women and men alike, for those who have forgotten who they are but want to get back in touch with their inner child, realize that just because your 40 doesn't mean you're dead; you've got a lot more living to do, as Shirley states in the movie.

Buy it for yourself and for others. It's funny and touching at the same time. You'll cheer for Shirley as she breaks out of the bored housewife mode and into the sexy go-getter who's ready to conquer the world.

The only complaint I have (and it'small) is that the first time you watch it, you may have a hard time understanding Shirley. Her British accent is rather hard, but once you've watched it a number of times (and I'm sure you will want to) you get used to the accent.

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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful
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Shirley Valentine is a housewife. That's it. Just a housewife. She cooks, she cleans, she shops, mostly she talks to herself, and in this poignant film, she talks to us as well, the viewer. It's hard to get used to at first. A film with a woman all alone in a dreary apartment talking to herself, but you soon get past that one little oddity, and Shirley Valentine becomes real. Her life is so similar to millions of other 'just housewives' that if she didn't finally decide to go on a trip to Greece with a friend, there would have been no movie. Shirley loses her housewife persona in Greece, and after much inner turmoil and emotional self-battering, comes of age again within herself. It's a very beautiful and moving story, one most middle aged women can relate to quite well. I rooted Shirley on through out the movie. More than anything I wanted her to find herself, because the film is so good you believe, if only for a short time, that it is you going through this with Shirley. Shirley is no hero, she is no female icon and does not become anyone's object of worship, she just becomes herself, which turns out to be the best thing that could have happened to this movie.
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Must see!
This movie is a must for every woman (wife, mother, caregiver) who has ever felt taken for granted. A funny, poignant story about finding oneself and loving what one finds.
Published 1 month ago by marciam
Cannot watch it
I did not understand that "non-USA" format meant that it could not be viewed in the U.S.-please clarify that when listing!
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Published 4 months ago by cherab831
Excellent!
This movie is as hilarious as it is sad. For those who like English humor it is a must see.Totally absorbing.
Published 5 months ago by babybrit
Bought as a present
My grandmother wanted this for years and we found it super easy here. It was a pretty funny movie with some R parts. Not for kids but good fun for adults.
Published 5 months ago by Pug Owner
Wonderful movie!
Shirley Valentine I love this movie. What a shock to discover that it costs 74 dollars!!! UK viewers can get it for normal prices. It's even disappeared from Netflix. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Pris Campbell
Shirley Valentine
Can't believe I paid this much for a used DVD but so happy it arrived..........it's more than a movie to me, it's great way to look at life........arrived fine....
Published 7 months ago by J. Burdette
Chick flick to be sure!
I saw Shirley Valentine when it first came out and loved it. I have not been able to find it on CD until now - it was just sooo popular. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Fijibroad
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This classic British film should be required viewing for every woman who is, will be or was forty years old. Read more
Published 8 months ago by LE
Non-USA Format - Shirley Valentine
I was really looking forward to seeing Shirley Valentine again - great acting, BEAUTIFUL SCENERY, and a good story.... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Not a Non-USA format fan!
Shirley Valentine
I love Shirley Valentine and have just received my VHS copy. I am planning on having a "Girls Night" and we will view this and many other movies I have ordered from Amazon... Read more
Published 14 months ago by scarlet
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