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4/10
This System Needs A Reboot
19 May 2024
This is an early Michael Winner effort from the time before he went all over the top and Death Wishy. The opening credits music tell you all you need to know about the tone of this movie. As Beatle-esque sounding music plays you know this is obviously a movie aimed at the youth of the era.

Starring Oliver Read as seasonal worker by the seaside, he earns a little money as a photographer and spends the rest of his time womanising with his group of friends. However the film has a very downbeat tone despite all the frivolity, so you can only guess this was some kind of finger wagging morality tale. As nobody seems to be having any real fun. However in walks or rather drives a posh girl that threatens to end Oliver's womanising as he grows attached to her. The question being whether this relationship will amount to anything and if he has a future with someone obviously out of his league.

Its hard to see what the attraction of this movie is, apart from the novelty of being an early Reed and Winner outing. Or maybe its nostalgia by people who remember it the first time around? Regardless, new viewers won't find this too entertaining with its dour outlook and at times slow moving plot. Underwhelming for the names attached.
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