Wish You Were Here (1987)

Won't Get Fooled Again - Yeah Right

I'll have to admit that I bought this little piece of cheesecake because it was only $3.33 and the good looking little Brit lasse on the cover was showing off some of her handsome flesh. But what I got was the most depressing and sordid life story of a supposed real life English prostitute. The film made an attempt to give a sympathetic late 20th century presentation of her life. But I saw through it and believe me I didn't sympathize at all! I found the lead character to be the most unpleasant, disfunctional mess of a human being that no one would ever want to encounter. I could only sympathize with her father and a host of her victims whom the film went to pains to discredit. So much for late century revisionism. I was forced by Amazon's rating system to give at least one star but if I had a choice I wouldn't give it any at all. Oh, and the cheesecake rating on this film is very low. Go buy something from Something Weird Video instead. October 6, 2008

Emily Lloyd's free-spirited Lynda is a delight to watch!

This is a wonderful movie that explores the sexual awakening of a young girl with candor and humor. Set in a British seaside town a couple of years after WW Two,teenager Lynda [played convincingly by Emily Lloyd] is a foul-mouthed vixen who enjoys making grown men uncomfortable with their own reactions to her overt sexuality. There is more to Lynda's acting out than just a desire to titillate, and her character does elicit our sympathy. Besides Emily Lloyd's wonderful performance as Lynda, Tom Bell does a good job of portraying Lynda's stern & disapproving father. This is a movie that elicits a variety of emotions - its funny and yet poignant. July 10, 2007

Nice Legs

Nice little film, it's never clear exactly why Emily Lloyd turns out so daft. Okay, her mom died young, but the old man doesn't seem like such a bad bloke. It didn't add up for me.

Also this flick points out that under certain conditions a troubled girl will do it with anything on two legs.
May 1, 2007

Heartbreaking Warnings About The Truth of A Troubled Girl

Emily Lloyd won international acclaim for her role in this 1987 British film. A motherless teenager raised by a conservative and distant father embarks on an empty search for love in a sleepy coastal English town. A rebel without a cause, defiant, and mouthy, underneath it all is a girl so emotionally deprived and seeking nourishment in all the wrong places. An out-of-wedlock pregnancy solidifies her social pariah status in the community. Based on the British madam Cynthia Payne (the English version of Heidi Fleiss), this outstanding performance is a warning of how fast and deep a spiral reckless teenage girls can go to when they don't feel loved. April 17, 2006

"I Got These At Marks and Spencer's"

This is a gem of a picture that is well worth checking out primarily for the glowing performance of Emily Lloyd as Lynda Mansell, a teenager growing up in Post-war England who defies the staid coventions of her seaside town. Lynda is a young girl who on the surface cheerfully thumbs her nose at society by her outwardly outrageous behavior while internally nursing emotional wounds. Credit director-writer David Leland for intricately explaining the rationale for Lynda's behavior. This film also succeeds in evoking the mood and look of the period. I remember when this film came out that great things were envisioned for Lloyd. She appeared in the Bruce Willis film, "In Country" and "Killing Zoe" but seems to have disappeared. Here's hoping that she emerges on the scene again because she is immensely talented. March 26, 2005

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