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User Rating:
5.8/10   1,195 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Beryl Bainbridge (novel)
Charles Wood (writer)
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Release Date:
21 July 1995 (USA) more
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Tagline:
In a world of make believe Stella is about to discover the difference between true love... and real life. more
Plot:
In Liverpool in 1947, a theatre company is planning to produce a series of plays. Sixteen year old Stella... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
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Spring Awakening's Morgan Karr To Sing At Joe's Pub 3/24
 (From BroadwayWorld.com. 24 February 2009, 12:58 PM, PST)

Hugh Grant
 (From The Hollywood News. 16 December 2008, 7:57 PM, PST)

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Off-beat little gem more (26 total)

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Rated R for sexuality and some language.
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112 min
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Georgina Cates had unsuccessfully auditioned for the part of Stella under her real name of Clare Woodgate. Frustrated, she dyed her hair, reinvented herself as a 16-year-old Liverpool girl called "Georgina Cates", and landed the role. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Stella's coat as her uncle leaves the bathroom. more
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P.L. O'Hara: Some disky spirit compels me now to make my dying speech. more

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16 out of 18 people found the following review useful.
Off-beat little gem, 25 August 1999
Author: DeeDee-10 from San Francisco

A bitter-sweet film with comic moments, especially the amazing performance by Hugh Grant. I missed a few priceless quips because I couldn't quite get the meaning because of the dialect, but a replay solved that problem. Georgina Cates was so beguiling and wistful in her role. I hope to see more of her. And what a treat to see Rita Rushingham if only in an underwritten, restrained part. Alan Rickman tortured response to the twist (twisted?) event which occurs in the film was difficult to watch. What a brilliant, subtle, internalized reaction in the living room of Stella's uncle -a fine piece of acting!

This is a must for Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman fans!

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