The Short & Curlies
A short comedy by Mike Leigh about the romance between a young woman and a man who communicates only through jokes and humor. The story is told as a series of very short vignettes between her and the man and her and her doting mother, a hairdresser.
- Runtime
- 17m
- Released
- 1987
- Country
- United Kingdom
Details
Release year: 1987
Storyline
A short comedy by Mike Leigh about the romance between a young woman and a man who communicates only through jokes and humor. The story is told as a series of very short vignettes between her and the man and her and her doting mother, a hairdresser.
Top credits
Alison Steadman — Betty
Sylvestra Le Touzel — Joy
David Thewlis — Clive- Wendy Nottingham — Charlene
Awards
0 wins & 1 nomination
See all awards →Did you know
• This short film is featured on the Criterion Collection DVD for Naked (1993).
• This short film is featured on the Mike Leigh Feature Film Collection DVD for Career Girls (1997).
• Channel 4 screened a series of short films from December 1989-January 1990, borrowing the title of this film for the umbrella title "Short & Curlies". This short opened the series, followed by: The Loss Adjuster (1989), Duck (1989), Closed Circuit (1987), Out of Town (1988), Treacle (1988), The Zip (1989), Unusual Ground Floor Conversion (1988), Why Don't You Dance? (1988) and Arcadia (1990).
User reviews
"I wouldn't be joking all the time if I wasn't serious."
It's far less about the story here and more about the characterizations.
Entertaining characters
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Mono
- Aspect ratio
- 1.75 : 1
- Color
- Color
