Denny: In my family, a man has only to look at a woman and she's pregnant.
Rita: That's because you're all so cockeyed.
One can't help but fall in love with this film. I always had the idea that it would be a total disappointment and that the idea sounded a bit silly. But then I never realised how much I love Julie Walters until fairly recently and she really stole the show.
Rita lives a boring and unfulfilling life as a hairdresser. Her husband doesn't understand her and is constantly presssuring her to have a baby. Rita however doesn't want a baby 'until she has found herself' which leads to arguments.
She decides to enrol on an Open University Course for literature to better herself all round as a person and thereby meets Frank (Caine), the alcoholic genius who is to be her tutor. And so begins Rita's passionate and total adoration of books and learning.
This film winds up being totally heart-warming and is a wonderful example of how a person can change their life around to make everything better even when they believe there is no hope for them.
Caine is also on top form here as the stuffy academic whose heart often peeks through unexpectedly.
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