High Hopes

1989 · directed by Mike Leigh

Rating

78/100

Hit

no

Working-class couple Shirley and Cyril are in conflict over whether they should have children, their problems with 'yuppies' moving into the neighbourhood and outpricing them, and the advent of Cyril's ageing mother's seventieth birthday.

High Hopes (1989), directed by Mike Leigh, rates 78/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Phil Davis
• Ruth Sheen
• Edna Doré
• Philip Jackson
• Heather Tobias
• Lesley Manville
• David Bamber
• Cheryl Prime
• Judith Scott
• Jason Watkins

Crew

• Roger Pratt — Director of Photography
• Jon Gregory — Editor
• Andrew Dickson — Original Music Composer
• Mike Leigh — Writer

More from Mike Leigh

1. Secrets & Lies (1996) — 89/100 · hit
2. Vera Drake (2004) — 80/100 · hit
3. Naked (1993) — 80/100 · hit
4. Life Is Sweet (1991) — 80/100 · hit
5. Another Year (2010) — 78/100
6. Topsy-Turvy (1999) — 78/100

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