Anne Marie Timoney, Benedict Wong, Billy Boyd
When Frank (Peter Mullan) loses his job at the docks, he quickly realizes that, at age 55, he's too old to start a new career but too young to simply stop working. Despondent about his life and past m...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 11, 2006
Stats: 378 reviews
This film should have continued with the bleakness that it displayed in the first 5 minutes because it soon descended into stupid comedy which, inevitably, turns it into a 'This year?s Full Monty' film. I thought the direction was very good. The mood in the first few scenes made ...( read more)
Laid off Glasgow dock worker tries to find some meaning to his life by swimming the English channel. It's a fairly light, British chum drama that will comfortably fill a spare hour and a half. I found the subplot a rather vague, unnecessary distraction and not all the acting was ...( read more)
A small film about a man who developes a big ambition. It works its way from a painful opening to a satisfying conclusion.
I adored this film. The accents are a little hard to follow but the story is so good and the characters so lovable!
Nothing in On a Clear Day is especially compelling. The movie doesn't dig deep enough. full review
Does any of this work? Sure, but only through the graces of a cast that knows better than to play to our hearts. full review
The recent Anthony Hopkins film The World's Fastest Indian, a charming true story loaded with nutty details, painted a similar picture of an older man's quest, but with much brighter colors than the g... full review
Carries on the tradition of curdled sentimentality wrought by idiosyncratic, inspirational, English-flavored comedies like The Full Monty and Waking Ned Devine. full review
One of my favourite movies, it was so worth the wait, after winning it on ebay in a close call auction I almost jumped out of my chair when I won't it.
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