ReaderKenka
Let's be realistic.
Matialth
Good concept, poorly executed.
Rio Hayward
All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
Ludo
Even though Toots and his Maytals do their best, this film is off to a weak start. The first fifteen minutes have crappy dialogue, bad jokes, the bad guy is a cliché and you realize you can already guess the ending. Hang in there though, cause this film improves while it's going. James Nesbitt plays Jimmy Hands, an amateurish bank robber. He and his mate (Lennie James) get caught and end up in jail. Obviously, there's going to be an escape attempt, as ALL prison-movies have escape attempts. The jail seems a rather cosy place, with tomato gardening and a director fond of musicals. Jimmy Hands realizes this might be his chance and convinces the director to put on a musical play about the great hero Nelson. Without female inmates the beautiful Olivia Williams (who works in jail as a rehabilitation counselor) has to play the part of the heroin. Here's where the fun starts: rehearsals, fights, and sweet off key singing, while romance is in the air. Lucky Break is a charming little comedy, with a good cast, including the inmates Bill Nighy and Timothy Spall. 7/10 would be a bit too much for this, but it's well worth the time.
kamatz
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.
lingmeister
This type of comedy seem to be the specialty of the Britain, where it is usually situated in some dilapidated environment with its main characters in some despaired situation. They eventually overcome whatever barriers that is set upon them by their own perseverance on what and desire to do what's right.Lucky Break is one of them, this time, in a prison setting. But with the environment given, interaction with other characters are limited, which leads to a lot of scenes that feels redundant.The prison scenario for the film is also pretty far fetched, with it almost being a school dorm as opposed to a secured environment. It seems that if it wasn't this way, most of the interactions between characters would not be able to take place.But the ending is what these films are all about, giving the characters who has been dragging themselves in the gutter some hope, which is what they need in their circumstance, and eventually, prevail.
Kieran McCabe
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...
