Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution

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Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution
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Directed by Bille Eltringham
Written by Bridget O'Connor
Peter Straughan
Produced byHugo Heppell
Starring Catherine Tate
Iain Glen
Brittany Ashworth
Music byRobert Lane
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • 9 July 2007 (2007-07-09)(Cambridge Film Festival)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution is a 2007 British comedy drama film, directed by Bille Eltringham and starring Catherine Tate, Iain Glen and Brittany Ashworth, about a British family who move to East Germany in 1968, during the Cold War. It was filmed in Hungary and the United Kingdom (UK), [1] and was released on 9 July 2007 at the Cambridge Film Festival, and nationwide in the UK on 28 September.

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Reception

As of June 2020, Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution holds an 83% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on six reviews with an average rating of 5.6/10. [2] Because of its limited release, there were few reviews, but Channel 4 Online and The Guardian Films cited the film as a vehicle for the blooming film careers of both Catherine Tate and Brittany Ashworth. [3] [4] The film won the Audience Award at the Wurzburg International Film Weekend.

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References

  1. Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007) - Filming locations
  2. "Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007)" . Retrieved 16 June 2020 via www.rottentomatoes.com.
  3. Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution Movie Review (2007) from Channel 4 Film
  4. Proletarian utopia? Am I bovvered? | UK news | The Observer