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Billy Liar (1963) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Billy Liar (1963) a score of 2.8691 out of 4

based on (22) reviews

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(17)

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(3)

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Flipside Movie Emporium (Michael Scrutchin)

Now it's time for me to start gushing about Billy Liar again. Never mind. I'll spare you. Just let me say this: this film is for anyone who's ever dreamed of something better. And especially for dreamers who've discovered that opportunities...read the complete Billy Liar (1963) review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Michael Scrutchin)

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Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)

John Schlesinger's Billy Liar was released in 1963 at the tail end of the British New Cinema movement that had begun in the late 1950s with Jack Clayton's Room at the Top (1958) and Tony Richardson's Look Back in Anger (1959). This outpouring of...read the complete Billy Liar (1963) review at Q Network Film Desk (James Kendrick)

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The Village Voice (Jessica Winter)

Tom Courtenay is in every scene of two of the British new wave's hallmark films, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and Billy Liar, embodying flip sides of the raucous era's coin. In Loneliness he squints and seethes, chafing against authority...read the complete Billy Liar (1963) review at The Village Voice (Jessica Winter)