Working-class couple Shirley and Cyril are in conflict over whether they should have children, their problems with 'yuppies' moving into the neighbourhood and outpricing them, and the advent of Cyril's ageing mother's seventieth birthday.
High Hopes has generally received very positive reviews.
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High Hopes was released in 1989 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 8 reviews, giving High Hopes (1989) an average rating of 77%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 100%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 87%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with High Hopes than critics were.
With a score of 77%, High Hopes 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 sex, lies, and videotape, Santa Sangre and Driving Miss Daisy.
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