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• Comedy
• Drama

• 1987
• Bill Forsyth
• 111 mins
• PG

Summary

After their mother commits suicide, two sisters end up living with their kind but peculiar aunt in their grandmother's old house in a small 1950s town.

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Review

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Director Bill Forsyth has been sadly underused by the American film industry, particularly after his Robin Williams vehicle Being Human floundered because of creative differences. Yet it all started so well with this charming and superbly controlled study of the way children manage to survive even the most outrageous whims of the adults entrusted with their care. Sara Walker and Andrea Burchill are splendid as the young sisters who seem to have immunised themselves against the upheavals that periodically shatter their world, while Christine Lahti has never been better as the dippy aunt who appears to be their saviour.

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7.1/10

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Cast

rolenameAunt SylvieChristine LahtiRuthSara WalkerLucilleAndrea BurchillLilyAnne PitoniakNonaBarbara ReeseSheriffBill SmillieMr FrenchWayne RobsonHelenMargot PinvidicSylvia FosterGeorgie Collins

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Theatrical distributor

Columbia-Cannon-Warner

Languages

English

Guidance

Edited for violence.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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