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Private Road

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83% Tomatometer 6 Reviews 40% Popcornmeter Fewer than 50 Ratings

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Derek Malcolm Guardian 03/20/2020
Whatever its limitations -- and there are some -- it tries very hard to get near to what things are like here and now, what pressures people face and what they do about them. Go to Full Review Tom Milne Time Out 03/20/2020
Well worth a look for its odd mixture of romanticism and scepticism about society's future. Go to Full Review Margaret Hinxman Daily Telegraph (UK) 03/20/2020
[Writer-director Barney Platts-Mills] is undeniably a considerable talent and the film surely deserves better than the limited release it is currently getting. Go to Full Review Dilys Powell Sunday Times (UK) 03/20/2020
The direction has a kind of authority: it doesn't merely promise, it performs. What it performs, or rather displays, I find apotropaic. But that is far better than feeling indifferent. Go to Full Review Paul Dale The List 03/20/2020
5/5
Barney Platts-Mills' 1971 film is undoubtedly one of the great lost British masterpieces of the 1970s. Go to Full Review TV Guide Staff TV Guide 01/03/2012
1.5/5
Far from impressive. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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10/11/2012 I love this film, right from that opening See more Read all reviews
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Barney Platts-Mills

Director

Kathleen Byron

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Bruce Robinson

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Susan Penhaligon

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Michael Feast

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Movie Info

Director
Barney Platts-Mills