Up yer Bum - say it all really. Funny and shocking. A definat young woman - the first Vivky Pollard - who ends up working how to use her strength

A true film of two halfs. The first plays like a selection of comedic sketches that introduce a brash bonkers/bonkers young girl, living in a dreary post-war, seaside town. The second is much darker and quite sad as she falls prey to a sleazy old man... (read more) A true film of two halfs. The first plays like a selection of comedic sketches that introduce a brash bonkers/bonkers young girl, living in a dreary post-war, seaside town. The second is much darker and quite sad as she falls prey to a sleazy old man (played by the great Tom Bell). This made a huge star of Emily Lloyd, whilst Tom Bell remained until his death a kind of cult obscurity. Good.

I love this film. Lynda is the friend everyone wants or wishes they had the guts to be like! My fav bitis the tea rooms. I love it when the old lady playing the piano starts to applaud her. Funny funny!

I love this film so much, it makes me smile and cry and smile again - I'll often think about that immortal line and dance the little dance "up your bum! up your bum!" Well - it appealled to my childish sense of humour and made me happy.

I once got compared to Emily Loyd in that movie. So I went to watch it. It was the best compliment ever. Absolutely charming movie!

Emily loyd is brilliant as the young Cynthia Payne growing up in a suffocating seaside town, with her 'up your bums,' to all the moral hypocrites.

Great, heartbreaking and defiant British film from the mid-eighties. Emily Loyd in a starmaking turn as a young girl wounded by abandonment and smothered by a small town on the lookout for any sign of "difference". Written and directed by the terribl... (read more) Great, heartbreaking and defiant British film from the mid-eighties. Emily Loyd in a starmaking turn as a young girl wounded by abandonment and smothered by a small town on the lookout for any sign of "difference". Written and directed by the terribly underrated David Leland, (who also co-wrote the fine Neil Jordan picture "Mona Lisa"), it's a gritty film that offers honest rewards. Loyd in particular is amazing, glowing with delight when she elicits reactions of shock, and turning into a basket case when she's confronted with the genuine results of her provocations. There's tremendous charm in her brave desire for some room to breathe, to become more than a smart-aleck kid. Even when events turn grim and tragic, Loyd shows the kind of heart that lets the audience know she isn't about to stay down.

This film is soo good I know it word for word scene by scene , Emily Lloyd is brilliant. Loved the scene in the Paris Tearoomsxx

great bittersweet film,excellent period detail,but somewhat abrupt ending. love it and never tire of watching it