Meantime (film)

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Meantime
Directed by	Mike Leigh
Produced by	Graham Benson
Written by	Mike Leigh
Starring	Tim Roth, Phil Daniels, Gary Oldman
Cinematography	Roger Pratt
Editing by	Lesley Walker
Release date(s)	1984
Running time	90 min.
Country	UK
Language	English

Meantime (1984) is a Mike Leigh film, primarily looking at how the dole affects the underclass in Britain.

Tim Roth stars as Colin, a slow and possibly retarded young man, living with his parents (played by Pam Ferris and Jeff Robert) and his sarcastic, manipulative brother, Mark (Phil Daniels) in a north London housing project. Colin and Mark still behave like teenagers, living with their parents and harassing each other. The problem is that they are in their late teens or twenties.

Neighborhood characters include Hayley (Tilly Vosburgh) and Coxy (Gary Oldman), a violent local skinhead who befriends Colin. Trouble ensues when their wealthy aunt gives Colin a job and his brother becomes jealous.