What if you were to tell a small-scale story about a bunch of lower-class suburban English folk in the high dramatic style of an Italian Western? That appears to have been the question that drove director and co-writer Shane Meadows to put a peculiar spin on an otherwise familiar tale of family dysfunction, and the result is a kitchen sink-lite drama encumbered by a weirdly out of place score in the eccentric style of Ennio Morricone. The film begins as Carol (Kathy Burke) pours out her family woes on a Ricky Lake-style TV show. Her husband, Charlie (Ricky Tomlinson), is obsessed with becoming a country western singer, a career in which he has had absolutely no demon...
Released:
2002
Rated:
R
Length:
144 mins