Summary
The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.
Cast
Richard Bohringer
Richard Boarst
Michael Gambon
Albert Spica
Helen Mirren
Georgina Spica
Alan Howard
Michael
Tim Roth
Mitchel
Ciarán Hinds
Cory
Liz Smith
Grace
Gary Olsen
Spangler
Ewan Stewart
Harris
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Turpin
Ian Dury
Terry Fitch
Diane Langton
May Fitch
Prudence Oliver
Corelle Fitch
Ron Cook
Mews
Emer Gillespie
Patricia
Janet Henfrey
Alice
Willie Ross
Roy
Roger Lloyd Pack
Geoff
Alex Kingston
Adele
Bob Goody
Starkie
Paul Russell
Pup
Arnie Breeveld
Eden
Tony Alleff
Troy
Ian Sears
Phillipe
Peter Rush
Melter
Pauline Mayer
Fish Girl
Ben Stoneham
Meat Boy
Andy Wilson
1st Diner
John Mullis
2nd Diner
Flavia Brilli
Cabaret Singer
Sophie Goodchild
Dancer
Alex Fraser
Waiter
Michael Clark
Waiter
Gary Logan
Waiter
Tim Geary
Waiter
Saffron Rainey
Waiter
Hywel Williams-Ellis
Waiter
Michael Maguire
Waiter
Patric Walters
Kitchen Staff
Sue Maund
Kitchen Staff
Nick Brozovic
Kitchen Staff
Caroline Pagano
Kitchen Staff
Keith Barrows
Customer
Yolande Brener
1st Diner's Wife
Irene Palko
A Guest
Brenda Edwards
Dancer
Crew
Director, Screenplay
Peter Greenaway
Reviews
talisencrw
May 2, 2016
9
Having previously watched Greenaway's 'Prospero's Books', basically from the same era, one definitely gets a sense of the auteur, of great visualizing prowess in the Welsh native. I adore watching Helen Mirren from ANY era, but particularly here, in between the young adulthood beauty she displayed in Michael Powell's 'Age of Consent', through the remarkably absurd and audacious 'Caligula', straight to the sophisticated and very dangerous gorgeousness displayed in 'The Comfort of Strangers'.
It's great to see any dude who's mean to a beautiful woman get their comeuppance (particularly the wealthy--it offers a sort of 'wish fulfillment' for the 99% of us), and the climax here is one of cinema's most articulate presentation of that phenomenon. It definitely made me wish to see the rest of both Greenaway's movies and of Mirren's performances. Well worth the acquired taste necessary for this sort of delicacy.
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$2,300,000.00
Revenue:
$7,724,701.00
Keywords
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The Pirates of Penzance
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The Invisible Woman
The Cooler
Avanti!
