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If there is a shred of plausibility in the film, it comes from Bernard Hill's performance as Shirley Valentine's husband. He isn't a bad bloke, just a tired and indifferent one, and when he follows his wife to Greece at the end of the film, there are a few moments so truthful that they show up the artifice of the rest."
If there is a shred of plausibility in the film, it comes from Bernard Hill’s performance as Shirley Valentine’s husband. He isn’t a bad bloke, just a tired and indifferent one, and when he follows his wife to Greece at the end of the film there are a few moments so truthful that they show up the artifice of the rest.
If there is a shred of plausibility in the film, it comes from Bernard Hill's performance as Shirley Valentine's husband. He isn't a bad bloke, just a tired and indifferent one, and when he follows his wife to Greece at the end of the film there are a few moments so truthful that they show up the artifice of the rest.
Feb 18, 2023 · Shirley Valentine lives a humdrum life. Her children have left home. Her husband sounds a bore and she’s desperate for romance and adventure. A glass of white wine is the highlight of her day which she downs whilst cooking her husband’s chips and egg.
Shirley is a 42-year-old bored Liverpudlian housewife who takes a holiday trip to Greece and meets a local man who bolsters her self-confidence. She evolves and transforms to the point that her husband doesn't even recognize her.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Lewis Gilbert
- 1989-08-30
May 27, 2024 · Plot. Shirley Valentine is a bored 42-year-old working class Liverpudlian housewife [2] whose life and initially enriching marriage has settled into a narrow and unsatisfying rut, leaving few genuine friends and her childhood dreams unaccomplished and she feels as if her husband and children treat her more like a servant.
Answer: Shirley stays. You can see that she has found herself and has fallen in love with herself and the life she created. After a life changing moment like that, she realises she can never go back again. She simply doesn't want to. At the end as she watches her husband walk toward her, you see that she observes him from a different perspective.
