Looks and Smiles

Name: Looks and Smiles
Genre: Drama
Released: 1983-01-20
Duration: 1 h 44 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Graham Green, Carolyn Nicholson, Tony Pitts

19811981
1h 44m

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6.9/10

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Drama

Mick and Alan, two friends who have just left school, are full of dreams for the future. But against the background of Thatcher's Britain, the two soon wake up to reality. From acclaimed Dir... Read allMick and Alan, two friends who have just left school, are full of dreams for the future. But against the background of Thatcher's Britain, the two soon wake up to reality. From acclaimed Director Ken Loach.Mick and Alan, two friends who have just left school, are full of dreams for the future. But against the background of Thatcher's Britain, the two soon wake up to reality. From acclaimed Director Ken Loach.

IMDb RATING

6.9/10

453

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

87,778

403

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Awards
- 3 nominations

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Graham Green and Carolyn Nicholson in Looks and Smiles (1981)

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When the film premiered at the New York Film Festival, the New York Times gave a generally positive review but complained about the Sheffield dialect used in the film, saying "a great deal of the dialogue remains unintelligible to the American ear".

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6/10

gritty gritty city

In black and white. Mick and alan are looking for jobs, but can't find work. The bored, angry youth of england in the 1980s. At the same time, the religious and class differences only increased the violence all over the uk. Alan joins the military, but mick bums around town with his girlfriend. Tough times. It's okay. Kind of a snapshot of life in the hard-time 80s for high school grads looking for work. Directed by ken loach. He won the bafta for daniel blake. Story by barry hines.

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