Drama

A Taste of Honey

- We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us.

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.

Release Date : 1961-10-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Woodfall Film Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : Taste of Honey

Cast

Character Name : Jo

Original Name : Rita Tushingham

Gender : Female

Character Name : Geoffrey Ingham

Original Name : Murray Melvin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jimmy

Original Name : Paul Danquah

Gender : Male

Character Name : Helen

Original Name : Dora Bryan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Peter Smith

Original Name : Robert Stephens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Landlord

Original Name : Michael Bilton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Schoolteacher

Original Name : Eunice Black

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bert

Original Name : David Boliver

Gender : Male

Character Name : Landlady

Original Name : Margo Cunningham

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nurse

Original Name : Rosalie Williams

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gladys

Original Name : Veronica Howard

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doris

Original Name : Moira Kaye

Gender : Male

Reviews

Peter McGinn

@narrator56

2022-11-09

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.