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Keep the Aspidistra Flying (1997) — MovieRate Compare · MovieRate Compare

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Comedy · Drama · Romance · 1997 · 1h 41min

Keep the Aspidistra Flying.

ComedyDramaRomance

Gordon Comstock is a copywriter at an ad agency, and his girlfriend Rosemary is a designer. Gordon believes he is a genius, a marvelous poet and quits the ad agency, trying to live on his poems, but poverty soon comes to him.

Director: Robert Bierman

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🇬🇧United Kingdom

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English

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🇺🇸Estados UnidosAug 28, 1998

🇬🇧Reino UnidoNov 20, 1997

IMDb

6.3 /10

2k votes

Rotten Tomatoes

The tomato isn't ripe

Metacritic

Metacritic took the day off

TMDB

6.0 /10

18 votes

Letterboxd

6.6 /10

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Weighted average

6.3/10

IMDb6.3
TMDB6.0
Lbxd6.6