A Taste of Honey
To avoid spending time with her narcissistic, promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes Geoffrey, a gay friend.
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Tony Richardson
Peter Yates
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Peter McGinn
I guess this movie holds a strong place in cinematic history. It may have been the first movie where all the scenes, indoors and out, were filmed on location. And it was certainly bold with plot details such as having a gay main character and an interracial relationship for the main character. Mostly I liked A Taste of Honey just fine. The main character Jo had spunk and a quick tongue, neither of them are a bad thing, though I got a little tired of her woe is me attitude, especially where her mother was concerned. Clearly her mother put herself first when it came to choosing and giving preference to low life men, but she also showed at times that she loved Jo, who probably could have helped her own cause by not being such a royal pain the the butt in nearly every interaction with her. She could count her blessings: her classmates seemed to like her, she had a decent boss in her new job, and a new ally when she met Geoffrey, who she she also moped and complained to a lot of the time. To my ear, the soundtrack seems wildly inappropriate at times, not fitting in with my sense of the scenes, but it perhaps reflects the interests in music of the early 60s. The film was perhaps ahead of its time and can be commended on multiple fronts there, but I fear it will not make a lasting impression upon me.
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The directors of A Taste of Honey are Tony Richardson and Peter Yates.
The cast of A Taste of Honey includes Peter Sallis as Man (uncredited), Murray Melvin as Geoffrey Ingham, Michael Bilton as Landlord, Dora Bryan as Helen, Eunice Black as Schoolteacher, Rita Tushingham as Jo, Robert Stephens as Peter Smith, David Boliver as Bert, Margo Cunningham as Landlady, Rosalie Williams as Nurse, Veronica Howard as Gladys, and Moira Kaye as Doris.
The duration of A Taste of Honey is 1h 40 mins.
Yes. You can watch the A Taste of Honey trailer on this Fanbiz page on Fanziz.
A Taste of Honey was released on 01 Oct 1961.
A Taste of Honey is listed under Drama on Fanbiz.
A Taste of Honey has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "I guess this movie holds a strong place in cinematic history. It may have been the first movie where all the scenes, indoors and out, were filmed on location. And it was certain..."
