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An Awfully Big Adventure
“In love, as in life, destiny is always waiting in the wings”
6.5 / 10• 1995• 1h 53m•R• English
RomanceDramaComedy
Storyline
Liverpool. 1947. Right after World War II, a star struck naive teenage girl joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. During a winter production of Peter Pan, the play quickly turns into a dark metaphor for youth as she becomes drawn into a web of sexual politics and intrigue and learns about the grown-up world of the theater.
Cast & Crew
Georgina Cates
Stella
Lead
Hugh Grant
Meredith Potter
Alan Rickman
P.L. O'Hara
Alun Armstrong
Uncle Vernon
Peter Firth
Bunny
Prunella Scales
Rose
Rita Tushingham
Aunt Lily
AC
Alan Cox
Geoffrey
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mike Newell's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. An Awfully Big Adventure is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
