Metroland

If you're a guy who had lots of fun in the past, but married now and in your thirties then it's easy to identify with this movie. Christian Bale plays Chris Lloyd, a family man tempted to go back to his devil-may-care bachelor days of the 60s. The temptation comes in the visit of old school chum, played by Lee Ross, who epitomizes everything that life should have turned out for Chris. Emily Watson plays the stabilizing force as Chris' wife who tries to keep him on the straight and narrow path. The movie brought back lots of nostalgia to me, especially my teenage days in the 80s. Everything is very British and the accent takes getting used to, but this is an entertaining story, based on a 1980 novel by Julian Barnes. My only gripe is that the color prints of the film were really bad, making it look dull and lifeless. I know the setting is 1977 but the whole production was disappointing.