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Bookmark this pageWe 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
Cast & crew
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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