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Actors: Stephen Campbell Moore, Emily Mortimer, Fenella Woolgar, James McAvoy, Simon Callow, Dan Aykroyd, Jim Broadbent, Peter O'Toole
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Bright Young Things |
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Would-be novelist Adam Symes (Moore) has his autobiographical novel confiscated by British customs on his way back from the continent, so the money he was counting on from publishing magnate Lord Monomark (Aykroyd) is not available to pay for his fervently desired marriage to Nina Blount (Mortimer).
They are both from well-to-do families that are not doing so well. Nevertheless, they and the other beautiful young people of 1930s London are having an unendingly smashing time. But drugs, sterner social mores, and their own unthinking foolishness and selfishness do many of them in as the war clouds gather in Europe. This 2003 film is British actor Stephen Fry's debut as a feature screenplay writer and director. Although homosexuality gets punished and drug abuse is strongly presented (unlike Waugh's lighter satirical touch with those elements), Fry forgoes Waugh's darker hues and manufactures a somewhat sentimental ending -- perhaps under pressure from financiers and the studio.
--David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Bright Young Things |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Taboo Sex Story?
Yes
Kind of sex:
- Two guys MAKING OUT (squish squish!)
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Main Char. ethnic: (if not US Caucasian)
- British
Woman/class/friends story?
- hippie/bum lifestyle
Story of city/rural life?
- Big City
Culture of surrounding area:
- British
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn curly
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
Unclothed?
- very tight clothes
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- not employed but independently wealthy
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) skinny
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- challenged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Subtitles?
- No
Any profanity?
- None
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
Is this movie based on a
- book
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