Cemetery Junction (2010)

Movie of the week

Like many British movies, Cemetery Junction is simple, beautiful and leaves the audience wanting to watch it again. Free of Hollywood’s fancy visual effects, this movie wins on its story.

It somehow manages to portray the muted misery of life in the UK, and the unfocused, desperate yearning to escape that comes with it, without giving the viewer an overdose of angst or hope. The deeper message is one both profound and bittersweet that celebrates the cathartic release that comes with acceptance.

It’s great to watch on your own when life has got you down.

Synopsis

In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but the cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life as it is.

When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie, the gang is forced to make choices that will change their lives forever.