Despite the high-powered cast, whatever vitality Judi Dench’s Renaissance Theater production of the classic kitchen sink drama delivered onstage doesn't translate to the screen.
In a dreary English walk-up flat, ambitious, working-class university graduate Jimmy Porter (Kenneth Branagh) seethes about his limited opportunities. Having risen out of the working class to graduate university, Jimmy feels strangled by the British social caste system that relegates him to running a candy shop with his partner, Cliff (Gerard Horan). That said, Jimmy has married above his station; his sexual magnetism attracted Alison (Emma Thompson), and she's now trapped in...
Released:
1989
Rated:
NR
Length:
114 mins