High Hopes (1989)

Sliceoflife look at a sweet workingclass couple in London Shirley and Cyril his mother whos aging quickly and becoming forgetful mums ghastly uppermiddleclass neighbors and Cyrils pretentious sister and philandering husband Shirley wants a baby but Cyril who reads Marx and wants the world to be perfect is reluctant Cyrils mum locks herself out and must ask her snooty neighbors for help Then Cyrils sister Valerie stages a surprise party for mums 70th birthday a disaster from start to finish Shirley holds things together and she and Cyril may put aside her Dutch cap after all