If you loved Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, try Meantime

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Meantime has roughly 3.0× fewer votes than Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

What they share

Theysit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

What Meantime is

In Thatcher’s Britain, an East End family tries and mostly fails to keep up appearances. Unemployed Frank and his sons spin their wheels while Mavis works; smug sister Barbara’s marriage isn’t half as enviable as it looks. Proof that downturns leave everyone stranded.

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