Film

Meantime

1983 · 1h 47m · Drama · Comedy · TV Movie

IMDb

7.2

Rotten Tomatoes

90%

Metacritic

69

A working-class family in London's East End is struggling to stay afloat during the recession under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's premiership. Only the mother Mavis is working; father Frank and the couple's two sons Colin, a timid, chronically shy individual and Mark, an outspoken, headstrong young man, are on the dole. This situation is contrasted by the presence of Mavis's sister Barbara, and her husband John, whose financial and social loftiness appears to be a comfortable facade over the unspoken soreness of a lackluster marriage.

Phil Daniels

Mark

Tim Roth

Colin

Jeffrey Robert

Frank

Pam Ferris

Mavis

Gary Oldman

Coxy

Marion Bailey

Barbara

Alfred Molina

John

Tilly Vosburgh

Haley

Leila Bertrand

Hayley's Friend

Hepburn Graham

Boyfriend

Peter Wight

Estate Manager

Eileen Davies

Unemployment Benefit Clerk

Herbert Norville

Man in Pub

Brian Hoskin

Barman

Paul Daly

Rusty

• Mike LeighDirector · Writer
• Graham BensonProducer
• Roger PrattDirector of Photography
• Andrew DicksonOriginal Music Composer
• Lesley WalkerEditor

Meantime trailer (Gary Oldman, Tim Roth, Alfred Molina)

Release date

October 16, 1983

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

15

Genres

Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

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