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Shirley Valentine

Name: Shirley Valentine
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Released: 1989-08-30
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 6.3

★ 6,3 /10 (111 Votes)

1989 EN 108 min

Overview

Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.

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Release date

30/08/1989

Votes

111

Popularity

2.0

No one thought she had the courage, the nerve, or the lingerie.

Genres

Romance Comedy

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

108 min

Pauline Collins

Shirley Valentine-Bradshaw

Tom Conti

Costas Demitriadis

Julia McKenzie

Gillian

Alison Steadman

Jane

Joanna Lumley

Marjorie Majors

Sylvia Syms

Headmistress

Bernard Hill

Joe Bradshaw

George Costigan

Dougie

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Anna Keaveney

Jeanette

Tracie Bennett

Millandra

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Ken Sharrock

Sydney

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Karen Craig

Thelma

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Gareth Jefferson

Brian

Gillian Kearney

Young Shirley

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Catherine Duncan

Young Marjorie

Cardew Robinson

Londoner

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Honora Burke

Londoner's Wife

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Marc Zuber

Renos

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Deborah Yhip

Sharon-Louise

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John Hartley

German Tourist

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Marlene Morley

German Tourist

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Annee Blott

Chambermaid

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Matthew Long

Male Teacher

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Ruth Russell

Veronica

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Sarah Nolan

Maureen

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Diane Whitley

Liz

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Joanne Zorian

Carol

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Geraldine Griffiths

Sally

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Elaine Boisseau

Woman in Taverna

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Giorgos Xidakis

Spiro

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Sheila Aza

Cooking Teacher

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Ray Armstrong

Executive Type

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Willy Russell adapted his own play for this tour de force from Pauline Collins as the bored housewife who spends much of her time at home guzzling wine and talking to the wall before her husband (Bernard Hill) comes home from work for his supper at 6pm prompt! When her friend "Jane" (Alison Steadman) wins an holiday on Mykonos for a fortnight, she invites "Shirley" to accompany her. She initially dithers but luckily a visit from her rather selfish daughter "Millandra" (Tracie Bennett) convinces her to head to the sunshine after all. Her pal doesn't even make it off the plane before she pulls, …

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"Shirley Valentine" is a hugely entertaining film populated by richly layered and vividly drawn characters and fortunately it successfully manages to completely depart from its small scale theatrical roots to become a genuine motion picture treat. It essentially covers the same basic themes as "Educating Rita" (1983) and it is just as successful at doing this the second time around. The central characters of Rita and Shirley are also interesting. The former was about to become stymied by the very life the latter is already wearily trudging through on a daily basis, but they are both women trap…

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