![]() Harold is immediately welcomed into a family who are looking to rent a room. This won't be the only time he has such ambitions. He seems like he's had quite a bit of trouble in his life (he lets us know in a discussion with his brother) and he wants to start fresh. Basically, this movie is following Harold Guppy, a man who we want to like but does some pretty despicable things on our road to the ending. The fact that it is based on a true story only adds to it and makes it that much better. Reviewed by sundaygirl05 10 / 10 One of the best movies I've seen Rupert Graves manages to communicate the angst of his character Harold Guppy rather well while Julie Walters is also good as Majorie, but the late Laura Sadler is absolutely superb as young Joyce But the cast are unable to stop me thinking that perhaps this is a movie that shouldn`t have been made, especially with its comedic feel I will give the director some credit for getting the best out of the cast. ![]() It should also be pointed out that the very serious ending jars with the saucy postcard humour of the rest of the film I have to admit that I didn`t laugh once or even feel like smiling as I imagine was Goodhew`s intention, I just kept saying to myself " Gawd some people deserve to be strung up ", I can`t think of a movie I`ve seen recently with so many unlikable people. Before he`s unpacked his case he`s bonking the middle aged Majorie Beasley and before he knows it the daughter, the thirteen year old Joyce Beasley is wanting a shot Does this sound like a movie with a lot of potential of laughs ? I didn`t think so either but for some reason writer/director Philip Goodhew has gone all out to make INTIMATE RELATIONS a tragic black farce. Harold Guppy leaves the navy and lodges with the Beasley family. Reviewed by Theo Robertson 5 / 10 Has A Bizarre Feel It's well made, and well acted, but in the end, it is a disturbing disappointment. There are probably many people out there that would enjoy this movie, but personally I can't recommend it. I like surprise endings most of the time, but in this case it just didn't work for me. It fails to shed any light on the rest of the film. You never really feel the ending coming and when it happens, it's not only a surprise, but a disappointing surprise. The ending, especially, leaves something to be desired. You can't really stop watching it but you wish you could and by the time it's over you wish you'd never started. Then things get darker and not so funny anymore and that is when the movie begins to fall apart. It starts off well enough and plays through the first 30 or 40 minutes as a black comedy. A film without a hero is not necessarily a bad thing all by itself, but you have to handle it properly. As a result, it's impossible to identify with any of the characters and the movie breaks down. Everybody in the movie eventually does something that causes you to question their integrity or decency and you never really understand the underlying motivations causing the behavior. I felt I’d come off pretty badly but when we did the scenes, he was lovely, a real gentleman.Reviewed by Undead_Master 4 / 10 Captures your interest, but falls apart On this occasion I was more embarrassed, especially because Rupert is so much younger and so good looking. “You don’t see much of Marjorie, you’ll be glad to know, but I dreaded the sex scenes, as I always do. Julie had equally nice things to say about Rupert: I found two different versions of the film, but alas the same result… There is a lovely documentary about Julie Walters by BBC “Our Julie” (1999) on Youtube divided into 6 parts and it’s really worth to see.īUT! WHAT A SHAME! part 4 with Rupert talking about Julie (I got it from the synopsis) is deleted! …And Rupert won Best Actor at the 1996 Montreal World Film Festival for his performance in Intimate Relations as Harold Guppy. Rupert Graves: Fan-fucking-tastic. She’s a genius. Nicole Burdette: What was it like working with Julie Walters in the film? Rupert Graves on Julie Walters, interviewed byNicole Burdette, BOMB Magazine, No. ![]() Newly-elected 2014 BAFTA Fellow Julie Walters & Rupert Graves in Intimate Relations (Philip Goodhew, UK, 1996) : 1/2Ī few celebration gifs following Julie’s Fellowship award at Sunday night’s 2014 Television BAFTAs…
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