Hugely ahead of its time in many ways, this film by Roy Boulting is another British product of note from the swinging sixties, this time concerning a young couple who run into problems trying to consummate their marriage. Hywel Bennett and Hayley Mills play the newlyweds, who have to move in with her parents (and their thin walls!).
The parents are played by Marjorie Rhodes and the wonderful John Mills. Another strong name in the cast is Wilfred Pickles as Uncle Fred, who offers impromptu advice to young Hayley on her predicament.
As well as treating the subject with humour as well as sensitivity, the film touches on a number of other subjects - the sexuality of more than one of the male characters, the possibility of unspoken infidelities in the past, and so on. In this alone the film stands apart from others of its time.
All involved are very good indeed (including Murray Head as the younger brother; Barry Foster; Diana Coupland; and Liz Fraser). There are laugh out loud scenes (John Mills: 'He walked through here like it was a public lavatory'; and the scenes near the end as the couple presumably succeed to the strains of booming classical music, the street gossips assembling approvingly in the yard below) alongside the more serious ones.
A very good film indeed.
The parents are played by Marjorie Rhodes and the wonderful John Mills. Another strong name in the cast is Wilfred Pickles as Uncle Fred, who offers impromptu advice to young Hayley on her predicament.
As well as treating the subject with humour as well as sensitivity, the film touches on a number of other subjects - the sexuality of more than one of the male characters, the possibility of unspoken infidelities in the past, and so on. In this alone the film stands apart from others of its time.
All involved are very good indeed (including Murray Head as the younger brother; Barry Foster; Diana Coupland; and Liz Fraser). There are laugh out loud scenes (John Mills: 'He walked through here like it was a public lavatory'; and the scenes near the end as the couple presumably succeed to the strains of booming classical music, the street gossips assembling approvingly in the yard below) alongside the more serious ones.
A very good film indeed.