High Hopes
Jan 13, 1989 | IMDB 7.1
108 min Watch NowComedy, Drama
Working-class couple Shirley and Cyril are in conflict over whether they should have children, their problems with 'yuppies' moving into the neighbourhood and outpricing them, and the advent of Cyril's ageing mother's seventieth birthday.
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