Hard Times (1977)★ 7.4/10

US,GB · 203 min · May 11, 1977 · 1 seasons

• Drama

Directed by: John Irvin

Written by: Charles Dickens, Arthur Hopcraft

Thomas Gradgrind, a wealthy, retired merchant in the industrial city of Coketown, England, devotes his life to a philosophy of rationalism, self-interest, and fact. He raises his oldest children, Louisa and Tom, according to this philosophy and never allows them to engage in fanciful or imaginative pursuits.