 |  | great movie about getting the most out of life |  |
Light hearted look at middle class ennui and a bright way out for the imaginative. A good lesson for us all. Enjoy it all the way and enjoy this movie. It really is 4+ for me, not just a plain 4. Pauline Collins was terrific. It feels as if you are her best friend and she is guiding you through her life. Oh heck, give it a 5.
July 30, 2008This is my second copy of Shirley Valentine. It was recommended to me over ten years ago when I was feeling like I didn't know who I was, Mother, daughter, sister, or wife. I was performing all my roles well, but lost the most important identity, ME. I often find myself watching this movie to get a little boost now and again. It's a great way to reconnect with ones self.
July 30, 2008| | | A thoroughly enjoyable taste of Mykonos, Greece...but hold the retsina | |
With 146 five star reviews ahead of mine, I don't think I can add much to convince anyone that this is an absolutely wonderful movie. In fact, I'm not going to try. Suffice it to say, my wife and I thoroughly enjoyed watching Shirley "grow back" from the mature, home-and-hearth-weary, 42-year-old British housewife she is to the young schoolgirl she once was without all the insecurity and self-consciousness that comes with adolescence. Too, we loved seeing the beautiful Greek isle of Mykonos and would love to be able to visit Greece one day. (I had spent one month in Glyfada, 40 minutes or so from Athens, a long time ago and this movie brought back memories of what I loved so much about Greece and its people at the time...except for the resinated Greek wine.)
It's refreshing to see adults acting like adults, even though they are actors following a script (and many scripts made for the BBC and other British Production Companies seem to be geared to the "mature" viewer), who don't talk down to the audience or spell everything out for the "slow-witted", assumed to be typically American.
I highly recommend this movie. I think Pauline Collins and Tom Conti were perfect together as Shirley and Costas.
July 27, 2008| | | A warm, bold and delightfull film | |
You rarely come across such films, and those films which are very rare to hear about are considered the best ones. "Shirley Valentine", the film throws light on every ordinary woman's life, it throws light on the fact that even these women have dreams, even these women wish to make life large. The scenario of Greece is mesmerising, I was very much overwhelmed. Excellent chemistry between Tom Conti and Pauline Collins, she was very adorable in the role of Shirley. Its truely a beautifull film, perhaps words alone wont be able to describe this film. Thank you amazon.com once again.
July 17, 2008I have loved this movie (and the one-woman play) since I first saw them. Pauline Collins is wonderful as the title character. Whether she is talking to the wall, her husband Joe or the neighbors blood hound - she is funny and insightful. She goes off on a fort-night's (2 week) holiday to Greece with her friend. She falls in love ... with the country. She frolics and lives and regains some of the frivolity of youth. And she gets to "drink wine in a country where the grape is grown."
The scenery of Mykonos is terrific and the cast top-notch.
July 13, 2008More reviews at Amazon.com ...
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