This film is under rated by a number of people who seem to compare it to other films. This film made me laugh, and as im also welsh, i took it all in as a laugh and didnt take it seriously, there is a lot of language in the film but that doesnt matter as it adds to the humour. Extremely good film and a good choice of cast, definitely recommended
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Clever Parisian lawyer moves to the country to bring law to the people, but finds himself outsmarted by simple country folk at every turn. Of course he decides that if you can't beat them, join them - especially when he finds himself defending a pig on a charge of murder. In a world where a man and a donkey are prepared for execution and the donkey gets a reprieve and the man doesn't, what would you do? In the end he unwittingly makes a lucky escape and the "smart" folk don't. Good clean fun - except for the dirt and squalor - with a memorable turn from Ian Holm as a less-than-upright priest.
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Once in a while a film comes along that has the power to change your mind about certain pre-conceived ideas. This is one such film. City of Joy never shys away from the power of its message and its graphic picture of life in a poor part of a large and spralling Indian city. Yes, at times it can be a little hard to swallow - the big American doctor (Patrick Swayze) waltzing onto the scene - but its not over sickly sweet and you come away feeling that you have been taught a valuable lesson. That life is for living, not for spectating and you must live each moment and treasure each experience; savour it. You never know when it can be taken from you.
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It's always hard summing up English films. I mean, how seriously can you take them these days? Their are few that stand out as being unique, unless you count the likes of 'The Full Monty', which few films had tried before.
Purely Belter, like most other British films, set's itself in the good down to earth reality of English life. It's always refreshing to watch a film that you can, in many ways, relate to in your own life, and this is something that only an English audience can absorb and take in. The plot is thin but simple in this film; a year in the life of two Newcastle lads who plan to raise money for a pair of season tickets at St James' Park, home of Newcastle FC.
first watched this in 99,really loved it.played my vhs copy till it wore out.my partner bought it as a surprise a couple of xmases ago,bless him.still playin it now!girls,uve got the gorgeous Dallas & The Wolf,what more is there 2say!!!
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The story tells of the different views of hasidic and reformed Jews toward modern Israel as seen through the eyes of two Jewish families in New York City in the '60s. It powerfully tells of the friendship of the boys and the differences of their fathers and how that affects all of them. Still relevant, especially given the situation in the Middle East. Well worth watching and discussing afterward.
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Ever since i saw this a few years ago on tv i have meant to buy it and since the sad death of Thora Hird i have made the effort in earnest. For those who haven't seen this wonderful piece, just go and buy it. Buy it for the humour especially the scene where Annie {Thora} invites all her perspective house buyers to one single viewing ensuring that she points out all the faults of the house in detail.There's much more to make you laugh out loud and as one of the great exponents of her art Thora also turns it on it's head and plays some tear wrenching scenes when her character suffers a stroke and has to move into a nursing home. I was riveted the whole way through and would happily watch it again and again.
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Overall, less fun, perhaps, than episodes 1-7; though a loose trilogy begins with the deeply shocking 'A Special Mischief' which throws up some real surprises along the way. The production values, acting and writing are all up to the usual high standards, of course. It is the last episode that really stands out, though: it casts a chilling shadow across the rest of the series and culminates in the death of the King, forewarning us in the process that things will never be the same from now on...
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Overall, less fun, perhaps, than episodes 1-7; though a loose trilogy begins with the deeply shocking 'A Special Mischief' which throws up some real surprises along the way. The production values, acting and writing are all up to the usual high standards, of course. It is the last episode that really stands out, though: it casts a chilling shadow across the rest of the series and culminates in the death of the King, forewarning us in the process that things will never be the same from now on...
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