just a great entertaining film
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worth watching
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Fred Schepisi's adaptation of Graham Swift's prize-winning novel is a quietly graceful portrait of four working-class British, bound by years of friendship, that unites some of Britain's finest actors in a powerful and deeply moving ensemble production. Michael Caine stars as Jack Dodd, the charismatic leader of the group, whose death and last wishes sends his friends on a nostalgic journey from London to Margate to scatter Jack's ashes in the sea. After forty years of warming the seats at their favorite pub, longtime friends and WWII veterans Ray (Bob Hoskins), Lenny (David Hemmings), and Vic (Tom Courtenay) are forced to face the loss of one of their own as they make the "epic" journey accompanied by Jack's flashy, prodigal son Vince (Ray Winstone). As the four men make their way to Margate, going from pub to pub, they reflect on a lifetime of memories of Jack, which are recreated in a series of multi-layered flashbacks that explore the delicate interweaving of their friendships; full of secrets, resentments, and deeply rooted loyalty.Read full review
I thought this Movie was one of the best that the UK produced in the last few years,with Michael Caine,Bob Hoskins,David Hemmings and Tom Courteney excellently playing the friends after the funeral of one of the four friends who dies.It has the younger,but equally as great,Ray Winstone as the dead man's son,who takes them on a short voyage to scatter their dead friends ashes in the sea at Margate.A few truths are revealed on this journey of reminiscence.The meeting in the pub they all used regularly,was a journey for all of them.Excellent Direction from Fred Schepisi from the novel by Graham Swift.A beautifully scripted and moving story of the four men,and dead man's son's interaction.A Movie well worth watching,5 stars for this one.
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