Raining Stones (1993)
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100% of critics liked it
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88% of users liked it
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Bob (Bruce Jones) lives with his wife Anne (Julie Brown) and his daughter Coleen (Gemma Phoenix) in a poor English town. Bob scrapes by with whatever odd jobs come his way -- working as a bouncer, stealing green turf, cleaning septic tanks. Although Bob has no money and is living on the dole, he is… More Bob (Bruce Jones) lives with his wife Anne (Julie Brown) and his daughter Coleen (Gemma Phoenix) in a poor English town. Bob scrapes by with whatever odd jobs come his way -- working as a bouncer, stealing green turf, cleaning septic tanks. Although Bob has no money and is living on the dole, he is determined to buy his daughter a dress for her first communion. The local parish priest (Tom Hickey) suggests that Bob settle cheaper and get a second-hand dress for Coleen's communion. But Bob will have none of that. Bob wants a new dress for his daughter, and no matter what it takes he will get a dress for her. Unfortunately, Bob has only murky ideas about how to earn the money to buy it. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
Critic Reviews
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
Brisk, richly characterized fiction that cuts as deeply and truly as any documentary.
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James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Without ever mentioning politics, Loach makes the most powerful and effective of political statements -- one that relies on subtlety and the intelligence of the audience.
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Hal Hinson, Washington Post
Gripping and sadly true to life.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The film is good-hearted and the characters are easy to identify with, but what I liked best was the underlying humor, even in this desperate situation.
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Stephen Carty, Flix Capacitor
Boasting all the gritty hallmarks we've come to expect from Ken Loach (working class struggles, unparalleled authenticity, accents that might require subtitles), Raining Stones is another mini masterpiece from the master of social realism.
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Cast
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Bruce Jones
as Bob
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Julie Brown
as Anne
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Ricky Tomlinson
as Tommy
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Tom Hickey
as Father Barry
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Gemma Phoenix
as Coleen
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Jonathan James
as Tansey
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George Moss
as Dean
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William Ash
as Joe
