RSI Score:
7.84
Realised Potential:
93.8%
Comedy
8.41
Drama
8.33
1
Integral
×5
1
Lead ActingCommunity · …
8.53
2
StoryCommunity · …
8.6
3
Script / Screenplay / DialogueCommunity · …
8.57
4
Score / SoundtrackCommunity · …
6.84
5
CinematographyCommunity · …
6.79
6
CharactersCommunity · …
8.43
7
DirectionCommunity · …
7.65
Category Avg
7.92
2
Important
×4
8
EditingCommunity · …
7.73
9
CastingCommunity · …
8.57
10
Support ActingCommunity · …
7.62
11
Sound Design / Audio MixCommunity · …
6.65
12
Production & Art DesignCommunity · …
7.62
Category Avg
7.64
3
Major
×3
13
Execution Of Premise / Pitch / ConceptCommunity · …
8.46
14
Wardrobe / CostumeCommunity · …
8.14
15
OriginalityCommunity · …
6.86
16
Humour QualityCommunity · …
8.6
Category Avg
8.02
4
Minor
×2
17
Themes / CommentariesCommunity · …
8.54
18
Colour GradingCommunity · …
7.3
19
Hair & Make UpCommunity · …
7.92
20
Premise / ConceptCommunity · …
8.06
21
RewatchabilityCommunity · …
7.91
Category Avg
7.95
5
Peripheral
×1
22
Predictability / TwistsCommunity · …
6.25
23
Immersion / PlausibilityCommunity · …
8.11
24
Continuity / Plot HolesCommunity · …
9.11
25
IntangiblesCommunity · …
7.9
26
AmbitionCommunity · …
6.64
Category Avg
7.6
6
FINAL SCORE
Integral avg
7.92 × 5
= 39.6
Important avg
7.64 × 4
= 30.56
Major avg
8.02 × 3
= 24.06
Minor avg
7.95 × 2
= 15.9
Peripheral avg
7.6 × 1
= 7.6
TOTAL WEIGHTED SCORE
117.72
TOTAL WEIGHT
15
WEIGHTED MEAN
7.84
OUT OF 10
Last updated: 2026-10-09
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Prompt Version: 10.2
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Model Confidence: — —
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Pipeline Model: gpt-5.6-terra
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67s
Runtime
110 min
Rating
PG
Director
Lewis Gilbert
Cast
Michael Caine, Julie Walters
Box Office
$14.6M
SUPPORTING CAST
Michael Williams, Maureen Lipman, Jeananne Crowley, Godfrey Quigley, Dearbhla Molloy
SYNOPSIS
A working-class Liverpool hairdresser enrolls in an Open University literature course to escape the limits others have placed on her life. Her candid outlook challenges her disillusioned tutor as both confront the possibilities and costs of change.
SUB-GENRE TAGS
Comedy
Satire
Buddy
Drama
Character Study
Social Issue
Institutional
AWARDS
Oscars: 0 win(s), 3 nom(s) · Golden Globes: 1 win(s), 4 nom(s) · BAFTAs: 3 win(s), 6 nom(s)
CRITICAL RECEPTION
IMDb 7.2
RT 82%
MC 74
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