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Metroland

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64% Tomatometer 28 Reviews 54% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
In late-1970s suburban London, Chris (Christian Bale) and Marion (Emily Watson) have settled into a comfortable yet all-too-predictable middle-class existence. Chris receives an unexpected visit from his free-spirited friend Toni (Lee Ross), a reunion that reminds him of a more carefree time in 1960s Paris. Now, with lingering doubts about his marriage bubbling up, Chris must make the choice between revisiting his youthful abandon with Toni or facing the here and now with Marion.
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Nigel Andrews Financial Times 01/10/2023
Lively performances help... But the film's lumpy style and structure end up rendering it as fogeyish as its target. Go to Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times 01/01/2000
3/4
Philip Saville, who directs from a screenplay by Adrian Hodges, starts with a straightforward story of life choices and slips in teasing asides... What Saville doesn't do, mercifully, is depend on sentiment. Go to Full Review Jim Lane Sacramento News & Review 08/07/2008
3/5
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com 11/20/2007
4/5
Underrated. Go to Full Review Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com 01/02/2007
2/4
For all the nudity and sexual content, Philip Saville's unoriginal and predictable film is, at its core, no different from one you'd find premiering on network television. Go to Full Review Rob Thomas Capital Times (Madison, WI) 04/21/2006
3/5
A moving film about the compromises of adulthood, but perhaps a little too earnest. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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10/22/2013 I must rent Metroland on Video and DVD. :-) See more Frances H 03/18/2013 I liked this film that has a couple analyzing their middle class existence compared to the freedom of youth and coming up with the rather uncinematic view that "I am content." In other words, the ordinary life has a lot to be said for it.This view is a message not always looked upon with sympathy in Hollywood, not since the seventies anyway. Rather refreshing to see it again. See more 09/04/2012 I watched this movie because was @ Venice film Fest in 1997 so i thought this must be a cool movie. i just found it not very original, and Emily Watson is boring. But I loved the scenes shoot on the train and the ones in the parisian attic See more 06/01/2012 Sex, Lies and then more sex and lies!! Lee Ross breathes life into the Iogian-like Toni but Christian Bale seals the deal for me. His innocence, his confusion and his intensity brings this film together. I didn't quite like the ending but I thought Emily Watson was surprisingly skillful in breaking the Cliche of a Married Middle-Class English Woman! See more 05/28/2012 I don't know why but I obsess about this movie. It's not that good but it makes me want to go to Paris and find Christian Bale and marry him and have hundreds of babies. But I'd probably feel like that without ever seeing this movie. This movie gets two thumb up because of course I want to see Bale speak French. Très sexy! See more 05/22/2012 Strangely current, isn't it? See more Read all reviews
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Philip Saville

Director

Christian Bale

Chris

Lee Ross

Toni

Emily Watson

Marion

Elsa Zylberstein

Annick

Rufus

Henri

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Movie Info

Synopsis In late-1970s suburban London, Chris (Christian Bale) and Marion (Emily Watson) have settled into a comfortable yet all-too-predictable middle-class existence. Chris receives an unexpected visit from his free-spirited friend Toni (Lee Ross), a reunion that reminds him of a more carefree time in 1960s Paris. Now, with lingering doubts about his marriage bubbling up, Chris must make the choice between revisiting his youthful abandon with Toni or facing the here and now with Marion.
Director
Philip Saville
Producer
Andrew Bendel
Screenwriter
Adrian Hodges
Production Co
Arts Council of England, Blue Horizon Productions
Rating
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 28, 1997, Original
Box Office (Gross USA)
$299.5K
Runtime
1h 45m
Sound Mix
Surround
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