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A Balasaur Score of 66 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 72%, Metacritic 52/100. Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes72%
Metacritic52/100
Audiences rate it 20 points higher than critics do.
113 audience votes
Key crew
- Lewis GilbertDirector
- Willy RussellScreenplay
- Willy RussellOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Pauline CollinsShirley Valentine-Bradshaw
- Tom ContiCostas Demitriadis
- Julia McKenzieGillian
- Alison SteadmanJane
- Joanna LumleyMarjorie Majors
- Sylvia SymsHeadmistress
- Bernard HillJoe Bradshaw
- George CostiganDougie
- Anna KeaveneyJeanette
- Tracie BennettMillandra
- Ken SharrockSydney
- Karen CraigThelma
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Themes
northern englandgreeceliverpool, englandbased on play or musicalbored housewife
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