Charlie Bubbles

  • Comedy
  • Drama
2/11/1968
89

If You Think You're Old Enough

Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course of becoming prematurely rich and famous, has mislaid a writer's basic tool – the capacity to feel and to respond. Now he must visit his estranged wife and son, whom he has set up on a farm outside his native city. His journey accidentally becomes an attempt to reestablish his connections with life, people, and his own history.

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  • Geronimo1967

    This is a surprisingly pedestrian affair from Albert Finney as he directs herself in the title role as a writer who has made plenty of money from his career. He has a lovely convertible Rolls Royce, a home with staff and a rather prurient security system and even manages the odd high-class food fight with his friend Smokey (Colin Blakey) but he is divorced, has a wayward young son and very little fulfilling in his life. Its on a trip to visit his former family with his secretary (Liza Minnelli) that we learn a little more about the causes of his divorce and of his new attentions as we meet ex-wife Lotte (Billie Whitelaw) and son Jack (the frequently scene-stealing Timothy Garland) and appreciate the somewhat enthusiastic interest in his vis...

    June 6, 2025
  • Geronimo1967

    This is a surprisingly pedestrian affair from Albert Finney as he directs herself in the title role as a writer who has made plenty of money from his career. He has a lovely convertible Rolls Royce, a home with staff and a rather prurient security system and even manages the odd high-class food fight with his friend Smokey (Colin Blakey) but he is divorced, has a wayward young son and very little fulfilling in his life. Its on a trip to visit his former family with his secretary (Liza Minnelli) that we learn a little more about the causes of his divorce and of his new attentions as we meet ex-wife Lotte (Billie Whitelaw) and son Jack (the frequently scene-stealing Timothy Garland) and appreciate the somewhat enthusiastic interest in his vis...

    June 6, 2025
  • Geronimo1967

    This is a surprisingly pedestrian affair from Albert Finney as he directs herself in the title role as a writer who has made plenty of money from his career. He has a lovely convertible Rolls Royce, a home with staff and a rather prurient security system and even manages the odd high-class food fight with his friend Smokey (Colin Blakely) but he is divorced, has a wayward young son and very little fulfilment in his life. Its on a trip to visit his former family with his secretary (Liza Minnelli) that we learn a little more about the causes of his divorce and of his new attentions as we meet ex-wife Lotte (Billie Whitelaw) and son Jack (the frequently scene-stealing Timothy Garland) and appreciate the somewhat enthusiastic interest in his vi...

    June 6, 2025

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