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An Awfully Big Adventure

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An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)

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Reviews Counted: 11 Fresh: 5  Rotten:6 Average Rating: 5.6/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins

Synopsis: A stage-struck lass gets more than her share of life lessons when she takes a job with an unconventional theatre troupe in post-WWII Liverpool. From the fey, sadistic director to the over-the-top leading man, our naive heroine treads (and stirs up) the dangerous waters of the theatre. A... A stage-struck lass gets more than her share of life lessons when she takes a job with an unconventional theatre troupe in post-WWII Liverpool. From the fey, sadistic director to the over-the-top leading man, our naive heroine treads (and stirs up) the dangerous waters of the theatre. A thoughtful dramedy from the director of "Four Weddings and a Funeral." [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Georgina Cates, Joan Plowright

Director: Mike Newell
Screenwriter: Charles Wood

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Apr 19, 2005

[DVD Details]
  • Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman star in director Mike Newell's (Four Weddings and a Funeral) engaging comedy about a star-struck young girl lured into the grown-up world of the theater. From a crush on the company's heartless director to her first sexual encounter with the show?s biggest star, young Stella Bradshaw quickly discovers what it takes to make it in the theater. An intriguing blend of comedy and passion, this provocative story is a hilarious look at what really goes on when the lights go down.
  • Source: Warner Home Video

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    Star Hugh Grant and director Mike Newell reteam in this bitter-sweet backstage melodrama, set in Liverpool after WWII; it's a disasppointing follow-up to their smash comedy hit Four Weddings and a Funeral.

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    Emanuel Levy
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    Newell at his nastiest

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    Philip Martin
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