Rita, Sue and Bob Too
1987VOTE NOW
| Orion Classics | Release Date: July 17, 1987 |
Starring:
Danny O'Dea, David Britton, George Costigan, Kulvinder Ghir, Lesley Sharp, Mark Crompton, Michelle Holmes, Siobhan Finneran, Stuart Goodwin, Willie Ross
Summary:
Realistic story of working-class Yorkshire life, alternately serious and light-hearted, as two schoolgirls have a sexual fling with a married man.
Like "My Beautiful Laundrette," "Rita, Sue and Bob, Too" imagines an
untraditional romantic relationship, outside the bounds of monogamy and
exclusive heterosexuality, as the only effective alternative to a social
structure that has reached the end of the line. [02 Oct 1987, p.A]
It's part sex comedy and part critique of the social divisions of Thatcher's Britain and despite its politically incorrect nature, the film is keenly observed and funny. [09 Apr 2011, p.34]
Raunchy, honest, non-judgmental comedy about two Yorkshire schoolgirls reacting against the inertia of their sink estate and sharing the favours of a randy estate agent. Adapted by Andrea Dunbar from her Royal Court play, directed by one of this country's great realists, and acted with gusto by Siobhan Finneran, Michelle Holmes and George Costigan. [01 Jan 2006, p.63]
Directed, with neither prurience nor sentimentality, by Alan Clarke, the film is a celebration of the survival instincts of two game, practical girls, but a bleak wind blows just below the surface. [03 Aug 1987, p.67]
Rita, Sue and Bob Too is ultimately like a one-night stand. When it's all over, it leaves you, not laughing, but feeling soiled and rather depressed. [23 Nov 1987, p.C6]
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