Lucky Break

August. 24,2001

Rating：

6.2

Genre：

Comedy Crime

Keywords：

Rent / Buy

Trailer Synopsis Cast

Half-way through his 12-year prison sentence for an incompetent armed robbery, Jimmy Hands gets a lucky break: he's transferred to a prison from which he can probably escape. He convinces the governor to stage a musical in an old chapel next to the prison's outer wall. He rounds up volunteer actors and puts his escape plan into production. Two other barriers, besides the wall, confront him: the arrival of a nasty inmate, John Toombes, who insists on joining the escape, and Jimmy's feelings of attraction for Anabel, a social worker who agrees to appear in the play. Opening night approaches: is this Jimmy's breakout performance?

James Nesbitt as James 'Jimmy' Hands

Olivia Williams as Annabel

Timothy Spall as Cliff

Christopher Plummer as Graham Mortimer

Bill Nighy as Roger

Lennie James as Rudy

Ron Cook as Perry

Peter Wight as George Barratt

Celia Imrie as Amy

Raymond Waring as Darren

A woman escapes from the man who is about to rape her, but leaves her purse behind. Afraid that her attacker might come after her, she goes to the police, but with no proof of the incident, they can do nothing. In fact, the man does use the information in her bag and comes to her apartment with the intent of rape, but she sprays him in the face with insect repellent, and then holds him captive. She is then faced with deciding whether to go to the police who might not believe her and release him, or to kill him.

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Reviews

Evengyny

2001/08/24

Thanks for the memories!

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Console

2001/08/25

best movie i've ever seen.

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BelSports

2001/08/26

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

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Erica Derrick

2001/08/27

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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pagangod

2001/08/28

Caught this one on TV a while back and I'm glad I didn't bother to see it in theatrical release.Though the film has an excellent cast and is as well-made as a basic comedy can be, there is one simple matter that the screenwriter Ronan Bennett seems to have overlooked - there is NO comedy, OK maybe there are one or two laughs here, but that's all.Apparently based on a book by the superb Stephen Fry, one wonders why the producers didn't approach Mr. Fry to write the screenplay, after all his track record speaks for itself - the man knows how to make people laugh! The film sold itself as being 'From the Director of The Full Monty' well, I don't know what happened here, but Peter Cattaneo didn't bring any of the skills he seemed to display in TFM.Don't bother with this one at all, a total waste of time.

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kamatz

2001/08/29

It is a nice change; the story was light and had a nice ending (a must in my opinion. The world has enough evil in it; I don't need that for my entertainment as well!) and even the violence was "ok" meaning, not too graphic. Cute movie.

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Dignan_Tenenbaum

2001/08/30

I'll admit that I saw this movie because of The Full Monty. Well that, and I wanted to support the big theater chain's decision to bring in a lesser known movie instead of filling yet another screen with Spider-Man. But here's the main thing; I wasn't expecting The Full Monty.It was a nice little movie that's just plain fun. It's got funny characters that are enjoyable to watch. It gets a little off track from time to time, but overall it's a very funny movie.Here's a dilemma facing any filmmaker in following up a success:If you make something different, people will inexplicably compare the two as if the second was a sort of sequel. They will always say the second is not as good as the first.If you make a similar movie, people will call you unoriginal and accuse the second movie of being a rehashing of the first. This will happen faster than you can say "Guy Ritchie."It's okay to compare the efforts. But this is not The Full Monty, and it's not even in the same vein as The Full Monty. Reading people complaining about The Full Monty being better is about as bad as hearing people compare every movie where some one kicks something in slow motion to The Matrix.

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Kieran McCabe

2001/08/31

I don't know, maybe I'm the only person in the world who didn't enjoy The Full Monty. Perhaps there's something wrong with me, but I hated it. So when I was dragged into the cinema to see this follow-up by the same director, I went kicking and screaming. True, I knew absolutely nothing about the film, had not seen a review and sure, it starred the always funny James "Cold Feet" Nesbitt and the delectable Olivia "Rushmore" Williams, but I was determined to loathe every agonising moment. A few minutes in, a funny things started to happen. Something odd was happening in my throat and in my chest. That sensation in my chest... that strange feeling... What was it? No, I wasn't bringing up bile. It wasn't pain; It was... it was... No, it couldn't be. It was laughter! Yes, I was laughing. The film was funny and entertaining and charming and the corny, feel good ending left me with a warn glow. Eewwww...

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