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      Business as Usual

      PG 1987 1h 29m Drama List
      Reviews The assistant manager (Glenda Jackson) of a Liverpool dress shop leads a strike against sex discrimination. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Based on the real case of Audrey White — who was a consultant on the movie — at a chain of Lady at Lord John boutiques, this Lezli-An Barrett directed and written film finds Babs Flynn (Glenda Jackson) managing a Liverpool shop and accusing the regional manager of sexual harassment after the way he treats an employee (Cathy Tyson). Babs gets fired, she goes to court and that's our movie. This did play Cannes, but I wonder what Cannon saw in it for American audiences. Maybe it was one of those movies a company threw in on another deal? As it is, it's a fine movie, but not one you have to go out of your way to track down. Unless you're a Red Dwarf fan, as Craig Charles is in the cast. Or Inspector Morse, because Jason Thaw plays Babs' husband, who once tried to do the right thing just like his wife and ended up paying for it. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Hilary Mantel The Spectator Above all, the film suffers from a fatal lack of tension. Apr 10, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis The assistant manager (Glenda Jackson) of a Liverpool dress shop leads a strike against sex discrimination.
      Director
      Lezli-An Barrett
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $28.0K
      Runtime
      1h 29m
      Sound Mix
      Surround