Is The Likely Lads scary?

Barely. Less frightening than 84% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Likely Lads easy watching?

Yes. More comforting than 82% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Likely Lads violent?

Barely. Less violent than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Likely Lads end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Likely Lads sad?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Likely Lads

Name: The Likely Lads
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1976
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: James Bolam, Rodney Bewes, Brigit Forsyth, Mary Tamm, Sheila Fearn

Emotion blazes across the big screen as Bob and Terry knock down the frontiers of human knowledge and Newcastle ale.

Directed by Michael Tuchner

Produced by EMI Films, Anglo-EMI

197690 min6.3 / 10

A warm, energetic 1970s comedy about male friendship and the tensions between bachelor freedom and married domesticity, built on physical comedy and the bittersweet passage of time.

With the destruction of their previous neighbourhood has inevitably come the destruction of the lads’ favoured watering hole The Fat Ox. Again, it’s Bob rather than Terry who is visibly distressed by this. Upset and much the worse for free alcohol, Bob then storms into the library to seek sympathy from Thelma - who is, predictably, unimpressed. So when Thelma finds out that Terry has been getting semi-serious with glamorous Finnish shop assistant Chris, she takes it upon herself to try and pair them off for good via planning first a dinner party and then that mainstay of 70s comedy, a camping expedition. Of course, things don’t go quite according to plan and before you can say ‘I can see the way this is going’ we are set up for japes, larks and embarrassing incidents aplenty, which culminate in the lads getting rather fed up with their partners’ attempts to inflict the rugged outdoor lifestyle upon them and trying to hitch up and drive off with the girls still asleep in the caravan.

Questions people ask

Is The Likely Lads scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.
Is The Likely Lads easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.
Is The Likely Lads violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.
Does The Likely Lads end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is The Likely Lads sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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