Shirley Valentine

Genre: Comedy

Worldwide gross$6.1M

Shirley's a middle-aged Liverpool housewife,who finds herself talking to the wall while she prepares her husband's chip'n'egg, wondering what happened to her life. She compares scenes in her current life to how she used to be, and feels stagnated and in a rut. But when she best friend wins an all-expenses-paid vacation to Greece for two, Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a better light.

🏆 Nominated for 2 Oscars. 4 wins & 9 nominations total

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Director

Lewis Gilbert

Cast

Pauline Collins, Tom Conti, Julia McKenzie

Released

30 August 1989

Runtime

1h 48m

Certificate

R

IMDb rating

7.2 / 10

Votes

9,161

Metascore

52

Rotten Tomatoes

72%

Box office

$6,056,912

Edition

Base