Once Upon a Time in the Midlands

Name: Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: August 29, 2003
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Kathy Burke, Rhys Ifans, Robert Carlyle

2003

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: August 29, 2003 | R

Starring: Kathy Burke, Rhys Ifans, Robert Carlyle

Summary: Patterned after a spaghetti western, this is the story of a small time crook (Carlyle) who returns to his hometown in the English Midlands to try to win back the heart of his ex-lover, who is being pursued by another man.

Director: Shane Meadows

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 104 min

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Derek Elley

Marvelously involving family saga. Read full review

Roger Ebert

It evokes the atmosphere of a Sergio Leone Western, sneaking up under the movie's human comedy and adding a smile. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

Sharply drawn and well-acted. Read full review

Jessica Winter

There are pages missing from this fable: Meadows reports that his financiers asked him to cut one-quarter of his original script just before production began, and his fondness for long takes sits uneasily beside the apparent gaps in the narrative. Read full review

Sean Axmaker

It's an interesting experiment that doesn't quite work. Read full review

Ella Taylor

A movie saved by great acting. Read full review

Jami Bernard

After 45 minutes of incomparable boredom, the movie gets slightly better when it stops reaching for cheap yuks and lets the actors do what they do well. Read full review

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ERG1008

Aug 23, 2010

Man returns to the Midlands from Glasgow to get back with his ex-wife after seeing her new man propose & fail to her on a TV show.
Usual Shane Meadows affair with a good cast, funny dialogue, moving & Mike Leigh-light grit.
For me, Rhys Ifans is just outstanding & after seeing him as PeterMan returns to the Midlands from Glasgow to get back with his ex-wife after seeing her new man propose & fail to her on a TV show.
Usual Shane Meadows affair with a good cast, funny dialogue, moving & Mike Leigh-light grit.
For me, Rhys Ifans is just outstanding & after seeing him as Peter Cook recently & now this, think he's a very talented actor.
Well worth a watch if you've enjoyed Meadows's other work.… Expand

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Toasty87

Jul 11, 2020

Good story with good location choices some parts was filmed where I now live and others where I used to live.

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