Rent Brighton (2019)
3.0 of 5 from 133 ratings
1h 28min
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- Synopsis:
- Derek (Larry Lamb), Dinah (Marion Bailey), Dave (Phil Davis) and Doreen (Lesley Sharp) are two retired couples, who return to the seaside resort of Brighton after an absence of 40 years in an uproarious attempt to relive their youth. Flashbacks reveal teenage Derek (Jamie Bacon) and Dave (Luke Charlesworth) as a couple of cockney chancers out to pull as many girls as they can, and Dinah (Hana Stewart) and Doreen (Phoebe Jones) down from London and enjoying independence for the very first time in their lives. A chance meeting on their return to the seaside will bring up old rivalries and tensions and lead to a hilarious clash between the old world and the new.
- Actors:
- Lesley Sharp, Phil Davis, Adjoa Andoh, Marion Bailey, Larry Lamb, Rebecca Finch, Jamie Bacon, Charlie Quirke, Jake Bailey, Sacha Bennett, Micky Dartford, Freddie Gaminara, Casey James Croft, Kathryn Carmichael, Melanie Harris, Kieran Chalker, Geoffrey Maccarthy, Phoebe Jones, Mark Brailsford, Hannah Burton-Russell
- Directors:
- Stephen Cookson
- Producers:
- Stephen Cookson, Peter Keegan
- Writers:
- Steven Berkoff, Stephen Cookson, Melanie Harris
- Studio:
- High Fliers Films
- Genres:
- Comedy
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Reviews (6) of Brighton
Worst film ever - Brighton review by BB
Would have given film zero stars but wasn’t sure if that was possible.
Bizarre premise, gratuitous language, racist and sexist language - no excuse that it was set in far less liberal times.
Wonder why good actors like Lesley Sharp and Phil Davis agreed to do this film.
Even more I’m wondering how I came to order it!
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DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT - Brighton review by MW
Appalling film ... from the 20 mins I could bear to watch.
How could such a fine group of actors get involved in this? These are characters for whom it is impossible to have any empathy. It's difficult to believe any film-maker could be drawn to such dross and I can only hope the cast were very well paid, as it could only have harmed their careers. Not deserving of one star.
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A Horrid Film. Avoid - Brighton review by GI
Based on a stage play by Steven Berkoff this is an attempt to highlight the social prejudices in modern day Britain and what a failure. It's essentially a foul mouthed attempt at comedy in order to show generational racism, fat shaming, homophobia etc etc. Watching it is a cringeworthy experience. Not bothering to move away from the stage play format director Stephen Cookson sets most of the film on the sea front at Brighton where the four main characters sit and reminisce about their meeting there in the 1950s. Larry Lamb is the raging Teddy Boy who rants on about 'poofs' and 'packs' while his friend played by Phil Davis sits in awe of him. Lamb's wife played by Marion Bailey is a despicable character, a nasty, self pitying glutton and only Lesley Sharp as Davis' wife is given any real depth and a decent story. A film that is all too late and now meaningless and one that leaves a bit of a nasty taste in the mouth. Not worth your time.
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