Rita, Sue and Bob Too – 1987 | 89mins | Drama, Comedy | Colour

Plot Synopsis

Shamelessly stark social comedy by director Alan Clarke adapted from two controversial by plays the teenage playwright Andrea Dunbar. A bawdy 80s farce of politically incorrect hilarity handled with sympathy, leaving the viewer wondering who is exploiting whom.

Rita (Siobhan Finneran) to and Sue (Michelle Holmes) are two teenage schoolgirls who live on a rundown Bradford housing estate. To earn a little extra money they baby-sit on a weekly basis for Michelle and Bob, a middleclass suburban couple that live nearby. One evening, instead of driving the baby-sitters home, lecherous Bob (George Costigan) decides the only way to get around his wife’s boredom with sex is to arrange a ménage a trios in his car with the two brassy teens, a cosy arrangement that suits all three until Rita gets pregnant. Bob’s extra-marital affair manoeuvres on the Yorkshire moors soon prove costly when his other half (Lesley Sharp) leaves after getting wind of his shenanigans through local gossip. Rita moves in with Bob, meanwhile Sue enters into an unsatisfying relationship with Asian boyfriend Aslam (Kulvindar Ghir). The two teens realize they were happier sharing Bob and go back to a love triangle.