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Released Year: 2003
Runtime: 106 minutes
Directors: Stephen Fry
Casts: Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant, Emily Mortimer, James McAvoy, Stephen Campbell Moore, Gerard Horan, Peter O'Toole, Simon McBurney, Alec Newman, Jim Carter, Dan Aykroyd, Stephen Fry, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton, Tony Maudsley, Guy Henry, Fenella Woolgar, Adrian Scarborough, Bill Paterson, Tom Frederic, Simon Callow, Harriet Walter, Rebekah Staton, Mark Gatiss, Margaret Tyzack, Stockard Channing, Bruno Lastra, Nigel Planer, Paul Popplewell, John Mills, Nicholas Le Prevost, Alan Williams, Julia McKenzie, Angela Thorne, Lisa Jackson, Lisa Dillon, Alex Barclay
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The New York Times -
Waugh's dialogue, effortlessly catching the lockjaw intonations and facetious mannerisms of the British aristocracy between the world wars, is a gift to screenwriters and performers alike. The actors Mr. Fry has assembled receive the gift with gusto and grace.
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Slate -
I could quibble with the conventionally romantic ending and a couple of small but not-so-cosmetic alterations, but on the whole, this is just how I'd always imagined one of my favorite comic novels should look and sound.
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Entertainment Weekly -
Both script and direction are the work of the glittering comedic polymath Stephen Fry.
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Film Threat -
Fun, giddy, and intoxicating as the endless soirees in which it revels.
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New York Magazine (Vulture) -
Fry's saving grace is his love of actors. The younger and less familiar performers are more than adequate, but it's the older guard that shines. Broadbent is marvelously rummy.
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Bright Young Things (2003)
in the 1930’s a social set known to the press – who follow their every move – as the “Bright Young Things.” are Adam and his friends who are eccentric, wild and entirely shocking to the older generation. Amidst the madness, Adam, who is well connected but totally broke, is desperately trying to get enough money to marry the beautiful Nina. While his attempts to raise cash are constantly thwarted, their friends seem to self-destruct, one-by-one, in an endless search for newer and faster sensations. Finally, when world events out of their control come crashing around them, they are forced to reassess their lives and what they value most.
Bright Young Things (2003)
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Released Year: 2003
Runtime: 106 minutes
Directors: Stephen Fry
Casts: Michael Sheen, Jim Broadbent, Richard E. Grant, Emily Mortimer, James McAvoy, Stephen Campbell Moore, Gerard Horan, Peter O'Toole, Simon McBurney, Alec Newman, Jim Carter, Dan Aykroyd, Stephen Fry, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton, Tony Maudsley, Guy Henry, Fenella Woolgar, Adrian Scarborough, Bill Paterson, Tom Frederic, Simon Callow, Harriet Walter, Rebekah Staton, Mark Gatiss, Margaret Tyzack, Stockard Channing, Bruno Lastra, Nigel Planer, Paul Popplewell, John Mills, Nicholas Le Prevost, Alan Williams, Julia McKenzie, Angela Thorne, Lisa Jackson, Lisa Dillon, Alex Barclay
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in the 1930’s a social set known to the press – who follow their every move – as the “Bright Young Things.” are Adam and his friends who are eccentric, wild and entirely shocking to the older generation. Amidst the madness, Adam, who is well connected but totally broke, is desperately trying to get enough money to marry the beautiful Nina. While his attempts to raise cash are constantly thwarted, their friends seem to self-destruct, one-by-one, in an endless search for newer and faster sensations. Finally, when world events out of their control come crashing around them, they are forced to reassess their lives and what they value most.
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The New York Times -
Waugh's dialogue, effortlessly catching the lockjaw intonations and facetious mannerisms of the British aristocracy between the world wars, is a gift to screenwriters and performers alike. The actors Mr. Fry has assembled receive the gift with gusto and grace.
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Slate -
I could quibble with the conventionally romantic ending and a couple of small but not-so-cosmetic alterations, but on the whole, this is just how I'd always imagined one of my favorite comic novels should look and sound.
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Entertainment Weekly -
Both script and direction are the work of the glittering comedic polymath Stephen Fry.
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Film Threat -
Fun, giddy, and intoxicating as the endless soirees in which it revels.
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New York Magazine (Vulture) -
Fry's saving grace is his love of actors. The younger and less familiar performers are more than adequate, but it's the older guard that shines. Broadbent is marvelously rummy.
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