• It’s the second film from Richardson after his debut the year prior look back in anger (1959), part of the sort of british new wave but better known as like the angry British films from this era from him and Lindsay Anderson
  • Full of cruel life and realism
  • Olivier is absolutely brilliant here- he’s usually so regal in his performances but he’s a complete scoundrel or as someone mentions “a bit of a bastard”- shows Olivier’s range
  • Early performances from Finney and Alan Bates and Livesey from colonel blimp is quite good as well
  • Really haunting rendition of “why should I care?” song – a depressing film
  • Olivier’s soliloquy about being “dead behind the eyes” is probably enough alone to put it in the back half of a normal year’s top 10
  • Highly Recommend