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Intimate Relations

R 1996 1h 45m Comedy Drama List
14% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 42% Audience Score 100+ Ratings
In 1950s England, sailor Harold Guppy (Rupert Graves) arrives in a small seaside town looking for his estranged brother. After a brief reunion, Harold finds a room for rent in the house of Mrs. Beasley (Julie Walters), her meek husband and their teenage daughter, Joyce (Laura Sadler). It's clear that Harold has a troubled past, but his future is about to get more perilous yet. Despite the rosy surface, Harold soon finds himself in a tawdry sexual tug-of-war that won't end well. Read More Read Less

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Globe and Mail Rated: 2/4 Apr 12, 2002 Full Review Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle Rated: 3/5 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Its deadpan humor is entertaining, up to a point, but that point is passed before the movie is quite at its halfway point, and then we're left watching increasingly desperate people who are trapped by one another's madness. Rated: 2/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 4, 2005 Full Review James Berardinelli ReelViews Rated: 2.5/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Steve Rhodes Internet Reviews Rated: 2.5/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member This movie was crazy. This cougar takes harassment to another level. This movie was crazy. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Audience Member The movie might have been bearable as purely a work of fiction. However, it was based on a murder committed by a pedophile, who seduced and killed the two victims. In fact, he assaulted the daughter at their final picnic before stabbing her through the heart. To have a movie portray this as not only a vehicle for a heroic young man as victim, but as a "dark comedy" is unconscionable. It would have worked much better as a close-to-the-facts drama. Surely the real story was strange enough. Horrible. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member A very crazy and unusual romp through '50s England. Take a look and be astonished at where the film takes viewers. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In 1950s England, sailor Harold Guppy (Rupert Graves) arrives in a small seaside town looking for his estranged brother. After a brief reunion, Harold finds a room for rent in the house of Mrs. Beasley (Julie Walters), her meek husband and their teenage daughter, Joyce (Laura Sadler). It's clear that Harold has a troubled past, but his future is about to get more perilous yet. Despite the rosy surface, Harold soon finds himself in a tawdry sexual tug-of-war that won't end well.
Director
Philip Goodhew
Producer
Lisa Hope, Angela Hart, John Slan
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Box Office (Gross USA)
$33.1K
Runtime
1h 45m