Carol White and Terence Stamp star in the first of several social realism films by Ken Loach. Co-written by Nell...
Carol White and Terence Stamp star in the first of several social realism films by Ken Loach. Co-written by Nell Dunn and based on his novel.
Young mother Joy (White) is forced to fend for herself when her brutal and uncaring husband, Tom (John Bindon), is put in jail. Joy finds brief happiness with Tom's criminal associate Dave (Stamp), who proves kind and gentle when she moves in with him, but this relationship ends when he is also jailed, and Joy is left to raise her young son alone in squalid circumstances.
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"Kenneth Loach uses an improvisatory technique in all this, and it largely works. Thesps were given the gist and trend of the dialog, and permitted to embroider it with their own words."
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Variety
Variety"As a portrait of a struggling mum it's spot-on."
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Total Film
Total Film"A time-capsule character study of great warmth and compassion."
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Time Out
Time Out"An early gem from the social realist movement."
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The Times
The Times"An argument can certainly be made for sex in movies that try to approach seriously the problems of the young; and this one, which begins so frankly with maternity, seems to have become quite nervous about things physical right after the credits came on."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"This has to be seen on the big screen."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Moody, poetic and artful. Another side of Ken Loach."
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Little White Lies
Little White LiesPoor Cow | Details
- Rating
- M,
- Runtime
- 101
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- UK
