{"id":13614,"date":"2010-11-23T21:47:53","date_gmt":"2010-11-24T04:47:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=13614"},"modified":"2020-12-13T00:55:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-13T07:55:58","slug":"experience-preferred-but-not-essential-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=13614","title":{"rendered":"Experience Preferred &#8230; But Not Essential (1982)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m the only one I know here who doesn&#8217;t have a past.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Experience-Preferred-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Experience-Preferred-Poster-187x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-57500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Experience-Preferred-Poster-187x300.png 187w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Experience-Preferred-Poster-637x1024.png 637w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Experience-Preferred-Poster-80x128.png 80w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Experience-Preferred-Poster-168x270.png 168w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Experience-Preferred-Poster.png 681w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA shy college student (Elizabeth Edmonds) goes to work as a waitress at a seaside resort for the summer, and meets an eclectic group of colleagues &#8212; including a cook (Ron Bain) who falls for her immediately.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coming of Age<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nA minor cult favorite after airing on American television, this low key coming-of-age tale &#8212; set in 1962 &#8212; features an appealing lead (why didn&#8217;t Edmonds&#8217; career go farther?), fine use of Welsh seaside locales, and a refreshingly lackadaisical tempo. There&#8217;s not much new here under the sun, and not a whole lot ever really happens &#8212; but the protagonist and her &#8220;older&#8221; beau are characters we can&#8217;t help rooting for, and director Peter Duffell gets the overall ambience just right. This is exactly how one might remember one&#8217;s first summer away from home at a new job, complete with a roster of charmingly eccentric and troubled co-workers (though one character&#8217;s obsessive love for her abusive boyfriend is treated a tad too lightly for comfort). The closing scene is a sweetly satisfying resolution to the nicely handled opening sequence. A gentle treat if you&#8217;re in the right mood, but not must-see viewing for everyone. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Elizabeth Edmonds as Annie<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/experience-preferred-edmonds.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/experience-preferred-edmonds.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13620\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ron Bain as Mike<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/experience-preferred-bain.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/experience-preferred-bain.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13621\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A gently comedic screenplay<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/experience-preferred-comedic.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/experience-preferred-comedic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13622\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Nice use of authentic Welsh locations<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/experience-preferred-locations.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/experience-preferred-locations.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13623\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>A sweet score by Rachel Portman<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s certainly worth a look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0083911\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?_r=1&#038;res=9F03E5D81739F937A35752C1A965948260https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1983\/11\/04\/movies\/film-comedy-set-in-wales.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/allmovie.com\/work\/experience-preferred-but-not-essential-16351\">All Movie Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/experience-preferred-but-not-essential\/review\/114164\/\">TV Guide Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m the only one I know here who doesn&#8217;t have a past.&#8221; Synopsis: A shy college student (Elizabeth Edmonds) goes to work as a waitress at a seaside resort for the summer, and meets an eclectic group of colleagues &#8212; including a cook (Ron Bain) who falls for her immediately. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Coming of Age Romantic Comedy Review: A minor cult favorite after airing on American television, this low key coming-of-age tale &#8212; set in 1962 &#8212;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=13614\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13614"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57502,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13614\/revisions\/57502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}