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70% Critic Match
A Taste of Honey
“We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us.”
7.0 / 10• 1961• 1h 40m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.
Cast & Crew
Rita Tushingham
Jo
Lead
Murray Melvin
Geoffrey Ingham
Paul Danquah
Jimmy
Dora Bryan
Helen
Robert Stephens
Peter Smith
Michael Bilton
Landlord
EB
Eunice Black
Schoolteacher
DB
David Boliver
Bert
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Tony Richardson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. A Taste of Honey is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
