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Charlie Bubbles

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Charlie Bubbles (Albert Finney), a wealthy British writer who is losing his ability to feel -- and therefore write -- returns to his hometown of Manchester. Despite his success, Charlie is restless and unhappy even when he visits the women in his life, including his mistress, Eliza (Liza Minnelli), and his estranged wife, Lottie (Billie Whitelaw). As Charlie floats around Manchester, it becomes clear that he is almost completely disconnected from his working-class roots.
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Pauline Kael The New Yorker 07/06/2022
The entire painfully monotonous movie is based on this single small, unoriginal idea -- the kind of idea that could be one element, or good for a short sequence. Go to Full Review Renata Adler New York Times 01/08/2018
The ending, a low key absurdist touch, is as quiet, beautifully made and carefully thought out as the rest. Go to Full Review Manny Farber Artforum 06/17/2019
Finney's puritanical, sucked-in ungiving performance, is not so much a man as a particular stage when life has lost its zing and there are no more visible goals on the horizon. Go to Full Review Penelope Houston The Spectator 07/09/2018
About the only thing wrong with Charlie Bubbles is the title, which sounds whimsical and gormless, like a plaster gnome fishing amidst the crazy paving. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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bill t @Spuzz 11/24/2015 Damn frustrating movie that really doesn't go anyplace, just literally about a screenwriter who gets out of the city with his would-be-girlfriend, and meets up with his ex-wife and son. THATS IT. Plenty of patience, for what? I don't know. Maybe some sort of statement about today's society. Who knows. See more 10/17/2012 Excellent movie. It's too bad Finney never directed again. It's very much in the style of the British New Wave of the 1960's. See more 03/03/2009 Odd little comedy-drama which sticks in the memory. It gets by more on acting and dream-like atmosphere than by it's story. See more 10/27/2008 Comedy-drama concerns a materially successful man, fighting vainly the old ennui. Unfortunately, audiences also are bound to experience the same tedium, via underplaying and limp direction. See more Read all reviews
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Albert Finney

Director

Albert Finney

Charlie Bubbles

Liza Minnelli

Eliza

Colin Blakely

Smokey Pickles

Billie Whitelaw

Lottie Bubbles

Timothy Garland

Jack Bubbles
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Synopsis Charlie Bubbles (Albert Finney), a wealthy British writer who is losing his ability to feel -- and therefore write -- returns to his hometown of Manchester. Despite his success, Charlie is restless and unhappy even when he visits the women in his life, including his mistress, Eliza (Liza Minnelli), and his estranged wife, Lottie (Billie Whitelaw). As Charlie floats around Manchester, it becomes clear that he is almost completely disconnected from his working-class roots.
Director
Albert Finney
Producer
Michael Medwin
Screenwriter
Shelagh Delaney
Production Co
Universal Pictures, Memorial Enterprises
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 31m
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