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A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%. Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 88% of the 1,432 1990s comedy movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
Stevie, fresh from prison in Scotland, finds a job on a London construction site. Working conditions are poor and most of the men are working under aliases, due to immigration status and to not conflict with unemployment. Some help Stevie secure housing, squatting in a council estate. Then Stevie meets Susan, from Ireland, an aspiring singer.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
121 audience votes
Key crew
- Ken LoachDirector
- Bill JesseScreenplay
- Stewart CopelandOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Robert CarlyleStevie
- Emer McCourtSusan
- George MossMo
- Jimmy ColemanShem
- Ricky TomlinsonLarry
- David FinchKevin
- Peter MullanJake
- Richard BelgraveKojo
- Ade SaparaFiaman
- Derek YoungDesmonde
- Bill MooresSmurph
- Willie RossGus Siddon
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Themes
pop singerworking classpovertyconstruction worker
The Best Movies of 1991
Riff-Raff is #34 of 60
