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25 December 1992 (USA) morePlot:
Six former college friends, with two new friends, gather for a New Years Eve weekend reunion at a large English countryside manor after ten years to reminisce about the good times now long gone. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Provocative British wit: a contemporary battle of the sexes moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Hugh Laurie | ... | Roger Charleston | |
| Kenneth Branagh | ... | Andrew Benson | |
| Stephen Fry | ... | Peter Morton | |
| Alphonsia Emmanuel | ... | Sarah Johnson | |
| Emma Thompson | ... | Maggie Chester | |
| Imelda Staunton | ... | Mary Charleston | |
| Richard Briers | ... | Lord Morton | |
| Phyllida Law | ... | Vera | |
| Alex Scott | ... | Paul (age 7) | |
| Edward Jewesbury | ... | Mr. Gooch, Peter's Solicitor | |
| Hetta Charnley | ... | Carol's fan at Airport | |
| Rita Rudner | ... | Carol Benson | |
| Bill Parfitt | ... | Baby Ben Charleston | |
| Ruby May Musto | ... | Baby Ben Charleston | |
| Ann Davies | ... | Brenda |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
101 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby SRCertification:
Iceland:L | Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-12 | Germany:12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R | Canada:14AFilming Locations:
Wrotham Park, Barnet, Hertfordshire, England, UKFun Stuff
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Continuity: As Brian is being picked up by his wife, Carol's bags can be seen on the front steps. Carol had already been picked up by a driver prior to Brian's departure. moreQuotes:
Peter: Oh, how can I put this delicately? It's just that I'm not really in the vagina business. moreSoundtrack:
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Good, solid drama in the best British style, replete with witty dialogues, more or less a showcase for Kenneth Branagh to bestow upon us something that is not in the least Shakespearian. Nicely-paced development lets the principal characters ease their way into the proceedings in an orchestrated way, such that there is a fine balance in screen presence as well as in the interwoven combinations of the players from scene to scene, very much in the straight theatre tradition. Therein lies a possible weakness: the film has a straight-jacket feel to it, as though indeed it was too severely and strictly transposed from the stage to the screen.
Very much in the vein of a `battle of the sexes', we have in `Peter's Friends' several couples meeting some years after graduating, supposedly to remember old times. I rather fancy that the ladies win this battle by a slight margin, as the performances by Imelda Staunton, Emma Thompson and Alphonsia Emmanuel manage to pull off a finely-tuned upper-hand over the gentlemen.
This is about the third time I have seen this film - and will doubtlessly see it again. However, having recently seen `Gosford Park' a couple of times, I cannot help marrying up the two films - and thus falling into the trap of comparing them. `Gosford Park' comes out clearly the winner: Altman's masterpiece.