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Bright Young Things (2003)

Bright Young Things poster
Directed by
Stephen Fry
Genre
drama film, comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
R
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 95 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of young London aristocrats and bohemians party their way through the interwar period chasing fun and avoiding responsibility. Their extravagant lifestyle eventually collides with the harsher realities of the era.

satiricalbittersweetenergeticstylishwryobservantfast-paced

What happens

Bright Young Things is a 2003 British drama film written and directed by Stephen Fry. The screenplay, based on the 1930 novel Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh, provides satirical social commentary about the Bright Young People—young and carefree London aristocrats and bohemians—as well as society in general, in the interwar era. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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