Short film

Shop Around
1971 · 20 min
A gentle, chatty consumer-advice comedy that turns a couple's shopping mistake into a wry, low-stakes lesson.
- Starring
- Jane Carr, Billy Hamon, David Janson
- Overview
- A comic drama about wise shopping. Following an argument with her boyfriend, Lynne goes put to buy a camera on her own and is soon pressured into signing a hire purchase agreement for an expensive camera. Her boyfriend Walter is aghast, but they are introduced to the magazine Which? and with sage advice put right their mistakes.
- How it feels
- Light, satirical, warm and earnest. Measured and easy to follow.
- About
- Love, class, work, family
- Content
- Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Starring
- Jane Carr, Billy Hamon, David Janson


