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Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman star in director Mike Newell's (Four Weddings And A Funeral) engaging comedy about a star-struck young girl lured into the grown-up world of the theater. From a crush on the company's heartless director to her first sexual encounter with the show's biggest star, young Stella Bradshaw quickly discovers what it takes to make it in the theater.
An intriguing blend of comedy and passion this provocative story is a hilarious look at what really goes on when the lights go down.
An Awfully Big Adventure Reviews
An Awfully Big Adventure Reviews
| 120 of 123 people found the following review helpful  A Lovely, Sad Movie... woefully misleading adverts, By This review is from: An Awfully Big Adventure (DVD) This is an excellent film, moving, sad, even tragic. It is NOT a "warm hearted comedy," as it says on the back of the DVD. And it certainly is not "hilarious". The blurb on the cover is quite possibly the most misleading I have ever come across. Despite that, it is a lovely film. It is a solid, serious British drama, with an excellent all round cast. The humour where present is decidedly low key. Its predominant mood is one of sadness and loss, there is warmth to be sure, but certainly not what is projected on the cover or in the trailer. One wonders why the publicists chose to so misrepresent such a fine film. Was it because they were worried its serious and even dark nature would put off the popcorn munchers? Perhaps it would have been better if they had. Then we wouldn't have been saddled with so many negative reviews from viewers who naturally felt short-changed. Then again, this is not a movie that American audiences would readily take to.Set in 1947, it tells the... Read more 32 of 32 people found the following review helpful  Awfully good, By This review is from: Awfully Big Adventure [VHS] (VHS Tape) I highly recommend this excellent adaptation of Bainbridge's dark, quirky novel. Georgina Cates plays the starstruck Stella with exactly the right combination of yearning naivete and matter-of-fact aloofness. Alan Rickman is mesmerizing as legendary actor O'Hara and happily is able to attract great sympathy during what might otherwise easily be regarded as a grotesque courtship of the teenage actress. And Hugh Grant as the odious Meredith is an extremely convincing villain - it's hard to imagine more of a departure from his usual endearing mumbler, but he pulls off this role with great aplomb. Warning: focusing as it does on a young girl's loss of innocence and the unglamorous underbelly of theatre, this film is for mature audiences only. 39 of 41 people found the following review helpful  Poignant coming-of-age tale goes strangely astray., By athena@connectexpress.com (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews This review is from: Awfully Big Adventure [VHS] (VHS Tape) The actors in this movie are what drew me to it. Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman are two of my favorite performers. To see them in a movie about the theatre, well I couldn't resist.The film starts out as a lovely coming-of-age film about a young woman's first experience in theatre. What it turns into about two thirds of the way through is a sad, sordid tale of incest, suicide and denial. It's as if the writers suddenly started smoking something while they were trying to finish the script. The performances in the film are worth sitting through it. Georgina Cates who plays Stella, the central character, is quite good. Alan Rickman is wonderful as always as the dashing matinee idol on his way to being washed up. The great delight is Hugh Grant as a snotty, prissy summer stock director. It's probably the most over-the-top I've seen him and I loved it. I was surprised to see this listed as a comedy, but not sure where else you'd put it. It's a tough movie to pin... Read more |
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