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We Think the World of You (1988)

Director: Colin Gregg

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From Time Out Film Guide

JR Ackerley's wonderfully moving novel wouldn't work without the central relationship between an ageing lonely gay and his Alsatian. Colin Gregg hasn't solved that one - how can you on screen? - and concentrates elsewhere, losing the point in a plethora of Brit caricatures, Liz Smith prominent among them. Bates does his over-familiar mannered queen in melancholy circs, effectively shafting any chance of sympathy, and only Oldman as his unreliable lover gives any sense of layered life, earning a pang as the trap snaps shut upon his prospects.

Author: BC

Time Out Film Guide

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Director: Colin Gregg

Producer: Tommaso Jandelli

Cast: Alan Bates, Gary Oldman, Frances Barber, Liz Smith, Max Wall full cast

Duration: 91 mins


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