An interesting curiosity for fans of Schlesinger's dramatic work, this film plays upon many of the same themes.

~ Jennie Kermode -

An interesting curiosity for fans of Schlesinger's dramatic work, this film plays upon many of the same themes.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Thomas Ropelewski's script isn't sharp enough and Bratt's character is depressingly phoney.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

Thomas Ropelewski's script isn't sharp enough and Bratt's character is depressingly phoney.

~ Angus Wolfe Murray -

There are still very few films that make room for male characters to be emotionally honest to this degree.

~ Jennie Kermode -

There are still very few films that make room for male characters to be emotionally honest to this degree.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Schlesinger's North is constructed in smudgy shades of grey. Rain falls heavily; steam billows up from unseen trains; the streets are always wet, sometimes bright cobbles, sometimes just dirt.

~ Jennie Kermode -

Schlesinger's North is constructed in smudgy shades of grey. Rain falls heavily; steam billows up from unseen trains; the streets are always wet, sometimes bright cobbles, sometimes just dirt.

~ Jennie Kermode -

For me, and I suspect an entire generation, this is the definitive, almost faultless, take on one of English literature’s most powerful and evocative works.

~ Jeff Robson -

For me, and I suspect an entire generation, this is the definitive, almost faultless, take on one of English literature’s most powerful and evocative works.

~ Jeff Robson -

The fashions may have come and gone since John Schlesinger commited Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall's story of a young man torn between his family and the future to film but Billy Liar is still suprisingly light on his feet 50 years down the line.

~ Amber Wilkinson -

The fashions may have come and gone since John Schlesinger commited Keith Waterhouse and Willis Hall's story of a young man torn between his family and the future to film but Billy Liar is still suprisingly light on his feet 50 years down the line.

~ Amber Wilkinson -