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Actors: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Rita Rudner
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Peter's Friends |
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Seven friends who belonged to an acting troupe at Cambridge University and graduated in 1982 have gone their separate ways. When Peter's father dies and he inherits a huge estate, he invites his former classmates together for the New Year's holiday. Their lives have all changed, but Peter has the most shocking secret of all. This 1992 film, directed by Branagh and written by Rudner (reportedly in a five-day first draft) with her husband Martin Bergmann, is a sort of upper-class British "Big Chill" -- warm, homey, overly dramatic but not particularly dark or deep. Laurie and Imelda Staunton play a couple devastated by the recent death of a child, Thompson's character is hungry to land a man, and Branagh is having marital problems with his American wife (Rudner), who has a show called "Who's in the Kitchen." Thompson's real-life mother Phyllida Law does a nice turn as the housekeeper, Vera. Songs by Queen, Clapton, the Pretenders, and Springsteen chug goodnaturedly on the soundtrack. You might find this charming and moving, or merely pleasant.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Peter's Friends |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- romance (general)
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- Two guys MAKING OUT (squish squish!)
Lover is...
- totally uninterested
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- simply wealthy
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard wavey
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- sex under blankets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Subtitles?
- No
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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