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Changing Ends clearly wants to avoid being angst-ridden, but there’s a dark thread here involving historical homophobia towards a spirited, vulnerable boy that keeps wriggling through. Elsewhere, it slips too mechanically, and too often, into Carr’s distinctive standup persona, but Savell is glorious as young Alan and there are proper giggles.
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The lower-middle-class 80s-ness is impeccably rendered. .... The lines are peppy too. But they’re all very obviously written in the voice of the adult Carr, which means laughs comes at the expense of distinctive character credibility. And the bubbly mood sometimes sits uncomfortably atop the bigotry, like froth on a bitter cappuccino.