Manthast Absolutely amazing

Melanie Bouvet The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

kidboots "Dilemma" is a beaut little crime gem penned by Pip and Jane Baker who went on to write scripts for "Dr. Who". Surprisingly it had only a limited initial release (and I do mean limited) in Yorkshire and has only been shown once on English TV - it really deserves to be better known. The sparse showings may have had something to do with the fact that none of the players went on to anything of importance, although Ingrid Hafner was in the original series of "The Avengers" but left the show when offered the role in "Dilemma" (silly girl, it was a pretty thankless role with her only appearing at the beginning and at the end) and Peter Halliday whose face is familiar through countless TV shows.Hitting you initially with an upbeat jazz score, this nifty but bizarre little thriller has loving husband coming home after work only to discover a man's body in the bathroom and his wife missing. (She has already been seen fleeing from the house in disarray over the credits). He is a teacher, just starting on holidays ("you lucky teachers with all your holidays" says busy body neighbour Mrs. Jones whose peering into windows and popping around with cups of tea give the movie some of it's thrills)!! Everything points to Jean (Hafner) being the murderess as he finds a bloodied apron and a broken glass in the laundry basket, so of course he does the sensible thing - no, not call the police!! but dispose of the body under some loose floorboards in the living room.In the middle of all this his mother comes around and their heart to heart proves there may be a few chinks in Harry's "idyllic" marriage. His mother has never approved of Jean and what's more she doesn't approve of Harry much either citing that at 32 his father was already a headmaster while Harry is content to just plod along with no ambition.You think you know where this movie is headed but you don't - things come to a head when Harry pops into the local hardware centre to buy cement and soon after the police visit the same centre asking questions about an abandoned car and it's criminal owner, whether he had popped into the shop - it seems the shop owner hasn't always been on the up and up!!! Meanwhile Jean has been to the hospital to see about her cut hand and is now in a tizz down at the bank - she can't find her security box key (she dropped it in the garden when she fled) and she is desperate to get the box open!! The police's questions about "suspicious acting people" bring them to Harry's door and the ending is packed with accusations with the police initially loth to reveal why they are interested in this man but now revealing he is a known drug dealer who sets up housewives in well to do suburbs to act as carriers!!Bryanston Studios had a small but prestigious distribution run starting with "The Battle of the Sexes" and "The Entertainer" and ending with "The System" with Oliver Reed. It was formed by Michael Balcon from the ashes of the defunct Ealing Studios.Highly Recommended.

johne23-1 Now here's a dilemma -What do you do when you come home early to your little semi-detached in commuter land to find the house empty apart from a dead body in your bathroom? Why, naturally, you draw the curtains and dig a hole in the middle of the living-room, don't you? Ignoring various neighbours asking for cups of tea and people fossicking around in your herbaceous border, your scheme is nearly foiled by the blind piano-tuner who.... Oh never mind... On second thoughts, it's not too bad a suspense/drama thing, with a twist of course, and worth an hour of your time.

Chris Gaskin Dilemma came on Channel 5 some time ago and I was pleased I taped it. It is quite an obscure movie.A school teacher returns home from work and finds the dead body of a man in the bathroom. He doesn't know how it got there. His wife is missing as well, so there could be some connection here. He wraps the body with the shower curtain and takes it downstairs where he eventually digs up the floorboards in the living room. He keeps getting interrupted though, by a nosey neighbour, a blind piano tuner and a young boy who has come for his weekly piano lesson. He buries the corpse eventually and puts the floorboards back. His wife then arrives. What does she Know?This is quite a good little movie and the nosey neighbour is a typical occurrence in the UK. There are some where I live. The piano tuner being blind is a little far fetched though.Look out for Dilemma on TV listings. Not bad at all.Rating: 3 stars out of 5.

ffranc Cheapo British B-picture which does not live up to its description. The initial premise is interesting enough, but any "thrills" are dissipated by the slack plotting. The "surprise" ending is signalled well before the end.