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After seeing his ex-girlfriend (Henderson) turn down a nationally televised marriage proposal, a small-time crook (Carlyle) returns to his hometown to try and win back her heart.After seeing his ex-girlfriend (Henderson) turn down a nationally televised marriage proposal, a small-time crook (Carlyle) returns to his hometown to try and win back her heart.After seeing his ex-girlfriend (Henderson) turn down a nationally televised marriage proposal, a small-time crook (Carlyle) returns to his hometown to try and win back her heart.
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- 2 nominations
David McKay
- Dougy
- (as David Mckay)
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Did you know
- TriviaDek (Rhys Ifans) drives a car with a vintage Welsh number plate from the late fifties, the letters of which read "DEK". It was issued in Haverfordwest, the birthplace of Rhys Ifans.
- Crazy creditsSpecial thanks to ... the People of Carlton and Gedling, Nottingham ...
- SoundtracksFeels Like I'm in Love
Written by Ray Dorset
Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Ltd. / Associated Music International, Ltd.
Performed by Kelly Marie
Courtesy of Eliot Cohen (as Eliot M. Cohen) of Satellite Music, Ltd.
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Meadows' worst film.. but still better than average
Shane Meadows' first film, 'TwentyFour Seven', was dark, intense and arty; his second, 'A Room for Romeo Brass', is one my favourite movies, atmospheric, wildly funny and moving. But this, his third film, is not quite as brilliant, and indeed Meadows has acknowledged it as something of a wrong turn. Compared to it's predecessors, the mood is less claustrophobic, the humour a bit broader brush, and ultimately the movie is less poignant. Perhaps part of the problem is that whereas one of the highlights of Meadows' earlier films were the brilliant performances he coaxed out of largely unknown actors (Bob Hoskins was just about the only name of note in them), this film features a regular gallery of Brit-acting talent: Robert Carlyle, Kathy Burke, Ricky Tomslinson and Rhys Ifans. And while I have enjoyed movies featuring all of these actors, it's a bit hard, especially in the case of Tomlinson, to really see them in their roles, as opposed to as themselves. Sometimes, they almost seem to be performing too hard to fit into Meadows' sparsely filmed backdrops. One can also note that the cod-western theme is pursued with insufficient vigour to really define the movie. I don't want to be too harsh on the film overall, because there are still some very funny moments and excellent acting from Shirley Henderson and the young Finn Atkins. But it's certainly less ambitious than its two predecessors, which set the highest of standards by which to judge their successors.
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- Also known as
- Érase una vez en los Midlands
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- Budget
- £1,950,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $172,564
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $21,475
- Aug 31, 2003
- Gross worldwide
- $544,512
- Runtime1 hour 44 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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