Shirley Valentine This is Me

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1. 1. Elktrail.com - browse our Video / VHS department

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   Published on: 10/26/2004   Last Visited: 11/19/2005

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   British actress Pauline Collins repeats her stage success as the character Shirley Valentine, a married woman who decides in her middle years that she wants more out of life. Leaving her spouse behind, she heads to Greece, where she grows close to a low-key, local bloke (Tom Conti). Collins and director Lewis Gilbert (Educating Rita) choose to let the character, as she did in the play, speak directly to the audience at times, and the gamble works in terms of creating a gentle, intimate atmosphere.
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   Shirley Valentine (played by the wonderful Pauline Collins from Upstairs, Downstairs fame) does a terrific job of portraying a bored housewife who decides to take off and go for a holiday to Greece. I think a lot of bored wives relate to Shirley's frustrations with her life and I for one was cheering her on as she took flight from her boring daily routines and rude husband. This is a film that never ages. Worth a look! There is a little of this lady in all women.
   
   Shirley Valentine is a housewife. That's it. Just a housewife. She cooks, she cleans, she shops, mostly she talks to herself, and in this poignant film, she talks to us as well, the viewer. It's hard to get used to at first. A film with a woman all alone in a dreary apartment talking to herself, but you soon get past that one little oddity, and Shirley Valentine becomes real. Her life is so similar to millions of other 'just housewives' that if she didn't finally decide to go on a trip to Greece with a friend, there would have been no movie. Shirley loses her housewife persona in Greece, and after much inner turmoil and emotional self-battering, comes of age again within herself. It's a very beautiful and moving story, one most middle aged women can relate to quite well. I rooted Shirley on through out the movie. More than anything I wanted her to find herself, because the film is so good you believe, if only for a short time, that it is you going through this with Shirley. Shirley is no hero, she is no female icon and does not become anyone's object of worship, she just becomes herself, which turns out to be the best thing that could have happened to this movie. here's to my best friend - shirley valentine
   
   I've lost count of how many times I've seen "Shirley Valentine", but I love it more with each viewing.
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3. 3. Shirley Valentine at chatfieldsoftware.com

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   Published on: 2/27/1996   Last Visited: 7/15/2005

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   British actress Pauline Collins repeats her stage success as the character Shirley Valentine, a married woman who decides in her middle years that she wants more out of life. Leaving her spouse behind, she heads to Greece, where she grows close to a low-key, local bloke (Tom Conti). Collins and director Lewis Gilbert (Educating Rita) choose to let the character, as she did in the play, speak directly to the audience at times, and the gamble works in terms of creating a gentle, intimate atmosphere.
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   Pauline, who had previously been a high profile British TV and stage actress, is similarly flawless in her title role as Shirley, and the intelligent and uplifting ending was a perfect way to end a perfect movie.
   
   It really is as good as you have heard. Pauline Collins in her acclaimed stage role
   
   SHIRLEY VALENTINE is a gentle charmer of a comedy, based on the acclaimed play by Willy Russell. Pauline Collins (of UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS fame) plays the title character, a role she received much acclaim for on the London and New York stage.
   
   Shirley Valentine is a sparky and charming yet downtrodden woman in suburban London. Her husband thinks she's "gone `round the pipe", her children have left the nest, and she leads a mostly-solitary life talking to her kitchen wall. In the throes of what can only be described as a "no-life mid-life crisis" , Shirley takes off with her best friend (Alison Steadman) for a two-week holiday in Greece. There, she has a fling with a smooth-talking bar owner (Tom Conti) and comes to know the real pleasures that life has to offer. And, more importantly, Shirley Valentine comes to know herself.
   
   Pauline Collins turns in a fabulous performance as Shirley (she was nominated for the 1989 `Best Actress' Oscar but lost to Jessica Tandy in DRIVING MISS DAISY).
   
   Tom Conti bravely plays the thankless role of Costas, with Joanna Lumley, Sylvia Syms and Julia McKenzie all offering top performances in well-written supporting roles. Bernard Hill plays Shirley's husband in a cleverly-nuanced performance. Gillian Kearney is a delight as the younger Shirley during the highschool flashback sequence.
   
   If you loved EDUCATING RITA you'll adore SHIRLEY VALENTINE.
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