Looks and Smiles

Name: Looks and Smiles
Director: Ken Loach
Released: 1981
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Graham Green, Carolyn Nicholson, Tony Pitts, Roy Haywood, Phil Askham

1981 · 104 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 511 VOTES · DIR. Ken Loach

Overview

Thatcherism and the Irish troubles provide the backdrop for this study of Mick, a well-meaning youth in Sheffield, who has, unlike Dickens' Pip, no expectations. Mick lives with his parents, works on his motorbike, looks for work, and every two weeks gets his check from the dole. There are no jobs. His best mate Alan joins the army to fix tanks and is sent to Belfast to quell Catholics. At a disco, Mick meets Karen, who works at a shoe shop and lives with her recently-separated mom. Karen misses her dad. She offers Mick emotional stability and a route to adulthood; Alan pitches the army. Does Mick have a future?

Dialogue Timeline — 1,334 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:13 Just a final few words before we see the film.

00:07:01 So you haven't actually been for any interviews...

00:13:19 so you best get off, 'cause I've got some work to do.

00:16:47 - Let Nelly have a go. - It'll not take your weight, you know.

00:22:57 - What's yours? - Mick.

00:27:29 Why? They're brill.

00:31:12 It's not right, is it?

00:34:57 We'll never make it in five minutes from here.

00:38:46 - to do with me, pet, do you? - You're dead right I don't.

00:42:32 Went all over, me and him together.

00:47:45 - Oh. - From Uttley and Parsons, this one.

00:51:40 Thy might even have been in the same regiment.

00:57:58 You bastard!

01:02:17 Well, I did metal work at school.

01:07:06 Christ.

01:13:44 I thought it was the insurance man or something.

01:18:15 MRS. LODGE: Come on. You don't like that.

01:21:00 What's your mum say about it all?

01:26:02 Well, who are you? What do you want him for?

01:30:11 - I like his sister better. - Stop it, you'll make me drop him.

01:33:29 I mean, it's just you and her.

01:37:00 ALAN: That's Dean, Bob. He's from Rotherham, Dean. He's from Doncaster.

01:39:33 - That's all it is. - More than I've been doing.

01:42:34 Come again in a fortnight with your card.

Cast & Characters

Graham Green Michael 'Mick' Walsh Carolyn Nicholson Karen Lodge Tony Pitts Alan Wright Roy Haywood Phil Phil Askham Mr. Walsh Pam Darrell Mrs. Walsh Tracey Goodlad Julie Patti Nicholls Mrs. Wright Cilla Mason Mrs. Lodge Les Hickin George

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,334

Dialogue density12.8 lines / min

First line00:00:13

Final line01:42:34

Production Record

DirectorKen Loach

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes511