Critic Reviews
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David Stratton, Variety
Delicately handled and superbly textured, this fine adaptation of Graham Swift's Booker Prize-winning novel deals with all the really big subjects: love, friendship, death, life.
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Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Gathering its forces slowly, this careful, thoughtful film, quietly but deeply moving, is dramatic without seeming to be.
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Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
A movie I loved on first sight and, even more important, love in remembrance.
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Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
The film, like its characters, is limited by a provincial self-absorption.
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Peter Howell, Toronto Star
It's a small movie about ordinary blokes, and yet it poses some of the big questions that have vexed philosophers for ages.
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Cast
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Michael Caineas Jack Dodd -
Bob Hoskinsas Ray -
Tom Courtenayas Vic
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David Hemmingsas Lenny -
Ray Winstoneas Vince -
Helen Mirrenas Amy






