Bob Hoskins, Danny Nussbaum, Darren Campbell, James Hooton, Justin Brady

Bittersweet, character-rich story starring Bob Hoskins as a boxing-club organizer who tries to save the youth of his town through its fists. Brashly entertaining and a promising feature debut by direc...( read more  read more... )tor Shane Meadows.

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R, 1 hr. 36 min.

Directed by: Shane Meadows

Release Date: April 15, 1998

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  • October 28, 2008
    Twentyfourseven is another gritty urban tale from Shane Meadows, and tells the story of Darcy, a man trying to organize a small inner city boxing club to teach the local lads self respect and keep them out of trouble. This being a Shane Meadows film, you know going into it it's n...( read more)ot going to be one of those typical formulaic feelgood sports movies that plague modern cinema. In fact as I watched the camaraderie and respect grow between the lads, I was just waiting for the ACME anvil to land on my head! And so it did, but not in the painfully depressing way one might expect. Although Meadows thankfully sidestepped the usual cliches and brought an element of grim reality into play, it still manages to end on a comparatively positive note without resorting to the usual sentimental slop. Hoskins is as good as always as the small man trying to make a difference in his small corner of the world, and it's nicely shot in atmospheric documentary style black and white. Yet another quality film from the best film maker currently working in Britain.
  • September 27, 2007
    Admittedly not in the same league as other 'Shane Meadows' films in my opinion, but enjoyable all the same. It didn't tend to hold my attention, the way the others did and I'm not sure if the characters were developed to the full potential, that being said, it would be hard to p...( read more)ull off a 4/5 star film every time and so I think this one of those 'watchable' ones, rather than a 'must see'.

    Special Features, however, has a short film by Shane Meadows starring the brillient Paddy Considine called 'Three Tears for Jimmy Prophet', which shows again Paddy's versitility and acting ability.

    VERDICT: Forget it's a Shane Meadows film and and watch it if it comes your way
  • August 17, 2007
    Touching performance from Bob Hoskins and a witty script make for a low key gem.
  • July 26, 2008
    Not quite as good as some of his other but still well worth seeing
  • March 7, 2008
    really gritty, rough, good film. great first effort from meadows and the story has a punchy pace with an interesting story set up.
    watch it... ive copied you it already keith for the next pack.
  • October 28, 2007
    See comments for A Room for Romeo Brass
  • September 30, 2007
    calling all shane meadows fans, before, dead mans shoes, this is england, a room for romeo brass, and one upon a time in the midlands was his debut, a brilliant portrayal of young unemployed kids growing up in nottingham, in the north of england, and a man, played by bob hoskins ...( read more)who opens up a boxing club, trying his best to broaden the bored youths minds, as the club gets noticed, and various things to do, will this new influence in there lives be the 1 thing they need, meadows has made no secret hes a scorsese fan, so this is definatly his whos that knocking at my door, a debut shot on grainy black and white, making use of locations at hand, a great boost getting hoskins to be in this as well, he must really believed in meadows, again like all his films the acting is top notch, getting untrained actors in inportant parts works, the natural way they act and sound, adds to the story, just like this is england, its all in the words. great soundtrack as well, the best of british
  • August 21, 2007
    Another depressing British film... still manages to be funny at times though. Laugh in the face of adversity, that's what we're about isn't it? Great soundtrack
  • June 8, 2007
    Got it on DVD - not watched it yet

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