Once a Year on Blackpool Sands

2021 PG-13 1h 45m

6.0 / 10 3

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6.0/10

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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.

Director Karlton Parris

Writers

Karlton Parris

Stars

Kyle Brookes Macaulay Cooper Wendy Laurence James

James Elbridge / Phyllis

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Geronimo1967 21 Oct 2023

5/10

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 ...