The Short & Curlies
(1987)
Overview
A short comedy by Mike Leigh about the romance between a young woman and a man who communicates only through jokes and humor...
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Reviews
Peter McGinn
⭐ 8/10July 31, 2022
This is a fairly light and airy film, and attracted me only because it was directed by Mike Leigh. It doesn’t have any of his signature emotional drama or climactic scenes, but rather it tells the simple story of an unlikely suitor slowly winning over his love interest. I say slowly because everything is relative, the film being merely 17 minutes long to begin with.
I suspect Leigh also didn’t employ his frequent technique of allowing the acto…
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Status
Released
Original Language
EN
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