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Once a Year on Blackpool Sands (2021)

Nov 21, 2021 Drama 1h 45m
60%
User Score
5.5/10

The triumphant true story that changed six lives forever

Overview

A moving comedy-drama about the love, identity and courage of the LGBTQ community during the first walk towards Gay Pride in 1950s England. Based on the real-life events of Yorkshire coal miners and secret gay lovers, Tommy and Eddy, who spend their annual week holiday at a quirky B & B in Blackpool, along with a few other alternative members of society – the transgender Mr. Elbridge, the ex-show girl Red Ethel and the eccentric owner Gladys and her flirty daughter Maureen.

Karlton Parris
Writer

Top Billed Cast

Kyle Brookes
Kyle Brookes

Eddy
Macaulay Cooper
Macaulay Cooper

Tommy
Wendy Laurence James
Wendy Laurence James

Gladys Bracegirdle
Elizabeth Coombs
Elizabeth Coombs

Alice Price
Linda Clark
Linda Clark

Red Ethel
Dominic McCavish
Dominic McCavish

James Elbridge / Phyllis
Joel McVeagh
Joel McVeagh

Karlton
Julia Haworth
Julia Haworth

Sandra Green
Michał Szpak
Michał Szpak

Milo

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A review by CinemaSerf
Written on October 21, 2023

If only this had had a more focussed auteur then it could have made for a far more potent tale of growing up gay in England in the 1950s. Instead, Karlton Parris rather misses his open goal and provides us with a meandering film that largely underwhelms. That said, there are two strong performances here from Kyle Brookes ("Eddy") and Macauley Cooper's "Tommy" as we relive a story told by way of a retrospective of their forbidden love. The pair have been friends since they were nippers and have been having a clandestine relationship, the odd shag in the pigeon shed, for a while before they embark on their family's annual holiday to the coast - and Blackpool. Homosexuality is still very much illegal - and frowned upon - in Britain and before they travel we, but not "Tommy", know that "Eddy" ...

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