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Metroland

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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 Lively performances help... But the film's lumpy style and structure end up rendering it as fogeyish as its target. Jan 10, 2023 Full Review Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: A- Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Peter Stack San Francisco Chronicle Rated: 3/4 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Jim Lane Sacramento News & Review Rated: 3/5 Aug 7, 2008 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Underrated. Rated: 4/5 Nov 20, 2007 Full Review Michael Dequina TheMovieReport.com 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. Rated: 2/4 Jan 2, 2007 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member I must rent Metroland on Video and DVD. :-) Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Frances H 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. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/13/13 Full Review Audience Member 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 Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/26/23 Full Review Audience Member 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! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member 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! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Strangely current, isn't it? Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review 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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