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Once Upon a Time in the Midlands Reviews

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands

Overview


Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

August 29, 2003

MPAA Rating :

R

Director :

Shane Meadows

Starring :

Robert Carlyle, Vanessa Feltz, Ricky Tomlinson, Kathy Burke, Vicki Patterson, Shirley Henderson, Finn Atkins

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Nothing's perfect, but it's worth seeing.    Readers  Be the 1st!

4 of 5

“..Warm-hearted, funny and surprisingly moving comedy drama..”
by Matthew Turner [ViewLondon]
2.5 of 5

“..lacks the bite it needs to make us care about this oddball trio..”
by Marc Savlov [Austin Chronicle]
1.5 of 4

“..far too contrived and lightweight, with none of the emotional resonance of comedies like The Snapper (1993)..”
by Tim Knight [Reel]
3.5 of 5

“..an interesting experiment that doesn't quite work..”
by Paula Nechak [Seattle Post-Intelligencer]
3 of 4
Reviewed by Joe Williams [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]

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