A working-class family in London's East End is struggling to stay afloat during the recession under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's premiership. Only the mother Mavis is working; father Frank and the couple's two sons Colin, a timid, chronically shy individual and Mark, an outspoken, headstrong young man, are on the dole. This situation is contrasted by the presence of Mavis's sister Barbara, and her husband John, whose financial and social loftiness appears to be a comfortable facade over the unspoken soreness of a lackluster marriage.
Meantime has generally received positive reviews.
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Meantime was released in 1983 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 50 reviews, giving Meantime (1983) an average rating of 73%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 79%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 73%.
With a score of 73%, Meantime is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1983, which stands at 58%.
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