Days of the Bagnold Summer (2019)
- Directed by
- Simon Bird
- Genre
- comedy drama, coming-of-age film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Rated
- M
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 59 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A teenage boy spends a long, quiet summer at home with his mother in a British seaside town. They bicker, try to connect, and cope with boredom in their own ways.
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What happens
Days of the Bagnold Summer is a 2019 British coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Simon Bird (in his feature film directorial debut), starring Monica Dolan, Earl Cave, Rob Brydon, Tamsin Greig, and Tim Key, with a musical score by Belle and Sebastian. The film was based on the 2012 graphic novel of the same name by Joff Winterhart, adapted for the screen by Bird’s wife Lisa Owens. The film premiered at the 2019 Locarno Film Festival. As of October 2021, the film holds a 92% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 51 reviews with an average rating of 7.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Days of the Bagnold Summer draws on well-rounded performances from its leads to fill in the familiar outlines of its coming-of-age story with gentle humor and tender insight." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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