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# High Hopes (1989) - Is it OK for kids? | Top Rated Families

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# High Hopes

1989Rated PG108 minComedyDrama

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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.

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## Before you press play

**Length:** 108 min - long for under-sevens

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