A Kind of Loving (1962)
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Movie Info
Cast
as Victor Arthur 'Vic'
as Ingrid Rothwell
as Mrs. Rothwell
as Mr. Geoffrey Brown
as Mrs. Brown
as Jim Brown
as Christine
as David
as Conroy
as Jeff
as Les
as Laisterdyke
as Whymper
as Mr. Althorpe
as Draughtsman
as Draughtsman
as Dorothy
as Phoebe
as Mrs. Oliphant
as Mrs. Keen
as Railwayman
as Registrar
as Mrs. Oliphant
as Pub Pianist
as Pub Politician
as Pub Comedian
as Bus Conductor
as Bus Conductor
as Television Compere
as Television Competitor
as Window Cleaner
Critic Reviews for A Kind of Loving
All Critics (12) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (12) | Rotten (0)
Neither Vic nor Ingrid is an especially compelling presence, but the actors make the sad moments pierce and the bursts of jubilation explode.
June Ritchie makes an appealing debut as the bewildered Lancashire lass. Alan Bates is a likeable hero who will hold most audience's sympathy despite his weaknesses.
Yet with all faults (which include a clumsily episodic structure), it remains keenly observant in detail and rather moving in its very unpretentiousness.
The actors are led through the series with confidence by Mr. Schlesinger and they display their conventional reactions with warmth, sensitivity and force.
Alan Bates is at his handsome, wickedly charming peak in A Kind of Loving.
The acting is firm, exact and sympathetic.
Audience Reviews for A Kind of Loving
This domestic tale from director John Schlesinger has that endearing, lo-fi authenticity so typical of British films from this era. Alan Bates and June Christie give excellent performances as a newlywed couple, and Thora Hird is loathsome perfection as Christie's shrew mother. The early scenes of blossoming love are wonderfully sweet, and this film has as good a "first kiss" as I've ever seen. However, there's too much movie for such a simple, humdrum story (a couple gets married for the wrong reason, and struggles through the early months of wedlock).
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