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      Another Country

      PG 1984 1 hr. 30 min. Drama List
      60% 10 Reviews Tomatometer 74% 2,500+ Ratings Audience Score In this film adaptation of the Julian Mitchell play, classmates and fellow outcasts Guy Bennett (Rupert Everett) and Tommy Judd (Colin Firth) find comfort in friendship during the 1930s, at an elite British public school where conformity is the norm. Openly gay Bennett must deal with bullying and homophobia, while Judd struggles to reconcile the expectations of the establishment with his own Marxist beliefs when he is given the opportunity to become head boy. Read More Read Less Watch on Peacock Stream Now

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      Ken B Absolutely breathtaking to watch two of my favorite British actors, Rupert Evert and Colin Firth, as well as Cary Elwes just at the beginning of their long careers. Firth is almost unrecognizable. And these matters weren't ancient history when the film came out, despite being set in the thirties. I'm well into my 70's now, so anyone who thinks these issues weren't still pertinent in America in the fifties and sixties need to think again. Wikipedia interestingly comments that many interiors were filmed at Althorp, seat of the Spencer family (think Princess Diana) and her brother Charles, 9th Earl Spencer, appears as an unspeaking extra in several scenes. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/01/23 Full Review andy n Great movie! A very interesting scenario. I had no idea what a curious hierarchy existed in English schools. What are the deep thoughts of the main characters. What a bold aspiration! Although it seemed to me that this transition in our time is completely useless and only spoils the film. And maybe there was a little lack of love in the film. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member holistically, i'm not convinced if this movie works all that well but it's two leads are amazing in their roles and i can't deny how fun it is to watch. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Don't understand much Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Great performances by Everett and Firth,but other than that this was not very passionately made.It provides some food for thought but not as much as it should have had.Quite interesting but never succeeds in hooking you in. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting film, but I think I would have rather seen the spy portion rather than his time at Eton. The actors were amazing, the story was not. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Richard Rayner Time Out Where the original play was long and more meditative, making suspension of disbelief at least possible, here it just seems like nonsense. Feb 9, 2006 Full Review Vincent Canby New York Times A well-acted, literate but insufferably smug little movie that fictionalizes the life of Guy Burgess, who with Donald Maclean defected to Moscow in the early 1950's. Jun 4, 2003 Full Review Dave Kehr Chicago Reader If you can get past the wacky premise—that the British public school system is the direct cause of (a) homosexuality and (b) communism—what remains is a dull, conventionally carpentered melodrama, a natural for miniseries expansion by PBS. Jun 4, 2003 Full Review Phil Nash OUT FRONT Magazine (Denver) The wit is sophisticated, dry, and underplayed. May 8, 2023 Full Review Mark Hiers Our Own Community Press (Norfolk, VA) Its beauty is not only in its lush English countryside photography and gently moving camera but also in the warmth and humanness of its characters. May 3, 2023 Full Review Eve Tushnet Patheos [The] moral would be trite if it didn't go unspoken; it becomes poignant because it's adamantly denied. Sep 6, 2018 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis In this film adaptation of the Julian Mitchell play, classmates and fellow outcasts Guy Bennett (Rupert Everett) and Tommy Judd (Colin Firth) find comfort in friendship during the 1930s, at an elite British public school where conformity is the norm. Openly gay Bennett must deal with bullying and homophobia, while Judd struggles to reconcile the expectations of the establishment with his own Marxist beliefs when he is given the opportunity to become head boy.
      Director
      Marek Kanievska
      Executive Producer
      Robert Fox, Julian Seymour
      Screenwriter
      Julian Mitchell
      Rating
      PG
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jun 1, 2019
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