A Taste of Honey
Abandoned by her sailor boyfriend and her man-hungry mother (Dora Bryan), pregnant Jo (Rita Tushingham) befriends a kind-hearted gay man (Murray Melvin), and gradually becomes a woman.
July 19, 1922 in Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
14 July 1931, Bristol, England, UK
25 November 1938, Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
23 October 1914, West Ham, London, England, UK
7 February 1923, Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK
14 March 1942, Garston, Liverpool, England, UK
July 13, 1932 in Manchester, England, UK
12 June 1919, Barton upon Irwell, Lancashire, England, UK
25 May 1925, London, England, UK
10 August 1932, St. Pancras, London, England, UK
May 22, 2009
It might have been daring during its time, but is now outdated.
March 26, 2009
[A Taste of Honey] has an earthy gusto and sincerity that lift its somewhat downbeat theme and drab surroundings.
August 22, 2016
The most deeply felt part of A Taste of Honey is its love story between soul mates - white, black, female, male, straight, and gay...Melvin's Geoff is an achingly believable character, heroic for his time - and ours, too. We owe a debt of gratitude.
June 20, 2005
Though outdated, this offebat, well-acted melodrama was a significant work in the British school of Kitchen Sink realism and in the career of Tony Richardson (better known for Tom Jones).
August 18, 2016
[There are] no weeping martyrs or brave romantic souls. It deals with real people, complete in their human complexity, their dumb choices, their damaging outbursts, their illogical desires, and their emotional honesty.
March 20, 2017
A near-classic of postadolescent confusion and longing.
June 24, 2006
A perfect example of how the 'New British Cinema' of the late '50s and early '60s has dated and become almost unwatchable.
August 12, 2016
Pushed the culture-shock of kitchen-sink drama further with its female protagonist and depictions and discussions of interracial coupling, teen pregnancy, the possibility of abortion, and homosexuality. [Criterion Blu-ray]
January 01, 2000
Tony Richardson, who directed this mess, was once quoted as saying, "The British cinema is the worst in the world," and he was in a position to know.
May 05, 2005
Raw, poignant, powerful. One of the very best.
May 20, 2003
Freed from the constricting confines of the stage, the shining honesty, the trials, the disenchantment of the drama's low-born Lancashire principals have become all the more striking and true.
