Nonton Film: 25062 a taste of honey 1961 Sub Indo

A Taste of Honey (1961)

Overview: While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and 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 her friend Geoffrey a homosexual.

Genres: Drama

Director: Tony Richardson

Cast: Rita Tushingham, Murray Melvin, Paul Danquah, Dora Bryan, Robert Stephens

Original Language: EN

Original Title: A Taste of Honey

Budget: $153,814

Revenue: N/A

MPAA Rating: PG

Keywords: friendship, single parent, parent child relationship, based on play or musical, family relationships, coming of age, interracial relationship, working class, single mother, teenage pregnancy, kitchen sink realism, free cinema, british new wave, independent film, depressing

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Reviews

Peter McGinn (November 9, 2022)

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.