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Mark Kermode reviews Funny Cow. A female comedian in the 1970s struggles to break through in the male-dominated industry. Please tell us what you think of the film -- or Mark’s review of the...
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Feb 27, 2018 · Set against the backdrop of working men’s clubs in the North of England, FUNNY COW is both a love-letter to a bygone era and the defiant story of a woman who refuses to give up her dreams. Fast...
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Unapologetically northern, Funny Cow authentically presents experiences of working-class life from post-war Britain (when a bathtub in the yard is a pool) through to the '70s.
Maxine Peake plays the gritty role of ‘Funny Cow’, a comedian who breaks through the glass ceiling of the all-male 1970s comedy circuit to rise to stardom.Se...
Apr 20, 2018 · In the 1967 Nell Dunn book/Ken Loach film Poor Cow, the heroine is glad to be shot of her violent husband and embraces an adoring new boyfriend. As Funny Cow admits, what makes her feel...
- Charlotte O'sullivan
Apr 19, 2018 · Funny Cow isn’t a straightforward faux biopic: its narrative skips around in time, as if, perhaps, she is recalling in scattershot fashion the moments of toughening pain throughout her life that built up the layers of her defensive outer shell.
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Apr 22, 2018 · Funny Cow is a class act; fiercely performed, smartly written, sensitively directed, wonderfully scored. But it’s the bitter tang of authenticity that stays with you.