Wondering what has happened to herself, now feeling stagnant and in a rut, Shirley Valentine finds herself regularly talking to the wall while preparing her husband's chips and egg. When her best friend wins a trip-for-two to Greece Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.
Shirley Valentine has generally received positive reviews.
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Shirley Valentine was released in 1989 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 197 reviews, giving Shirley Valentine (1989) an average rating of 68%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 88%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 55%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Shirley Valentine a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 68%, Shirley Valentine is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1989, which stands at 57%.
Other movies from 1989 with similar scores include films like Uncle Buck and Society.
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