Film
Movie theaters, reviews and showtimes in New York, plus articles, trailers and more
- Home
- Box Office
- Listings
- Trailers
- Features
Bookmark this page- Edition:
No Surrender (1985)
Director: Peter Smith
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
An acerbic, frequently very funny farce scripted by Alan Bleasdale, here bringing with him Angelis, Hill and Ellis from The Boys from the Black Stuff. It's the same slightly surreal allegory on contemporary Britain: a seedy Liverpool nightclub, where Angelis takes over as manager to find that his predecessor - a practical joker - has booked a gaggle of appalling acts to perform at a New Year's Eve binge, attended by two parties of OAPs, one Protestant, the other devout Irish Catholics. Mayhem ensues, of course, amid a collection of excellent performances and witty one-liners. No masterpiece, to be sure, but highly enjoyable, for all its underlying bleakness.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Peter Smith
Producer: Mamoun Hassan
Cast: Michael Angelis, Avis Bunnage, James Ellis, Tom Georgeson, Bernard Hill, Ray McAnally, Mark Mulholland, Joanne Whalley, JG Devlin full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 104 mins
Most popular on this site
Features
War is cel
Ari Folman uses an unconventional format to unearth repressed memories in Waltz with Bashir.
The best (and worst) of 2008
Our critics' picks.
That '70s show
Michael Sheen re-creates one half of a cunning TV conversation.
I'm officially obsessed with...
Gay for pay.
From here to maternity
Catherine Deneuve, belle maman, reigns in A Christmas Tale.
What do you think?
Post your review now