In this sequel to Hope and Glory (1987), Bill Rohan has grown up and is drafted into the army, where he and his eccentric best mate, Percy, battle their snooty superiors on the base and look for love in town.
Acting
Caleb Landry Jones's chaotic Percy energy steals every scene
Direction
Boorman mining his own youth with unsentimental affection
Writing
Dry wit that makes bureaucracy actually entertaining
Director
John Boorman
Callum Turner
Bill Rohan
Caleb Landry Jones
Percy Hapgood
Pat Shortt
Redmond
David Thewlis
Sargeant Major Bradley
Richard E. Grant
Major Cross
Tamsin Egerton
Ophelia
Vanessa Kirby
Dawn Rohan
Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Sophie Adams
Brían F. O'Byrne
RSM Digby
Sinéad Cusack
Grace Rohan
David Hayman
Clive Rohan
John Standing
Grandfather George
Simon Paisley Day
MI-5 Man 1
Julian Wadham
Colonel Fielding
Tom Stuart
Lt. Fortesque Brown
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Callum Turner had never heard of Hope and Glory until after he was cast; Boorman made him watch it on set.
Boorman shot this at 82, making it one of cinema's most personal late-career statements—practically a filmed memory rather than drama.
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If anyone is trying to decide whether to watch - I really enjoyed it -
@joanne4758 37
Here for Caleb <3
@sunlessflower518 25
looks good
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