An Awfully Big Adventure
“In love, as in life, destiny is always waiting in the wings”
1995 · 1 h 52 min
Mike NewellCast
Hugh Grant 
Alan Rickman Georgina Cates 
Alun Armstrong 
Peter Firth 
Prunella Scales
Credits
Written by: Beryl Bainbridge
Plot
Liverpool, 1947. A starstruck naive teenage girl joins a shabby repertory theater company and falls for its director.
Sinekatalog’s take
Mike Newell's comedy-drama, with Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman, is dark, bittersweet and well acted.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 5.8 / 10 (3,247 votes)
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