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A Rather English Marriage [1998]

Starring: Albert Finney, Tom Courtenay, Joanna Lumley
Director: Paul Seed
Format: PAL
Released: 27 Sep 2004
RRP: £12.99
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Beautiful, sensitive drama - By: Mark Antony Pearson, 27 Apr 2005
When ex-RAF fighter pilot Reginald Conyngham-Jarvis (Albert Finney) & former milkman Roy Southgate (Tom Courtenay) both become widowers within minutes of each other, an unlikely bond between them begins to form. Both men are from the opposite side of the social spectrum, Reginald, verbose, & self confessed womaniser, nevertheless less fond of his late wife, no idea of domesticity,and Roy the dedicated husband, never looked at another woman, more outwardly gentle & caring, both begin to share the same house, the formation of an "odd couple" type of scenario.

The theme behind the relationships of this touching, superbly acted drama, based on Angela Lambert's novel, is both characters providing to the other what each person badly needs. As the story unfolds, both men have more in common than either thought, as they both harbour dark secrets of guilt over a lost child. Joanna Lumley is convincing as a local botique owner who sees Reginald, & the money she thinks he has, as a way of escaping from her own debt pressures.

At times humourous, other times sensitive & thought provoking, this wonderful drama is a tribute to the fine acting skills of the main performers, with excellent use of the haunting background music. A modern classic.