On a Clear Day PG-13
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 39 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: July 11, 2006
- Originally Released: 2006
- Label: Focus Features
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Peter Mullan & Brenda Blethyn | |
Performer: | Billy Boyd, Sean McGinley, Jamie Sives, Ron Cook, Benedict Wong & Jodhi May | |
Directed by | Gaby Dellal | |
Screenwriting by | Alex Rose | |
Produced by | Dorothy Berwin & Sarah Curtis | |
Director of Photography: | David Johnson | |
Executive Production by | Steve Christian & Emma Hayter |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2/4 --
The movie reaches for an emotional climax that is simply beyond the filmmakers' grasp.
Seattle Times
ON A CLEAR DAY is a heart-warming film with good performances and an uplifting theme in the vein of WAKING NED DEVINE...
USA Today
Unlike my colleagues, I wiped my eyes instead of rolling them, and I'm hoping you will too. Worth seeing indeed.
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Sympatico.ca
Rating: 2.5/4 --
The wonder here, if not the redemption, is that so many toil so hard to make this saccharine stuff palatable.
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Globe and Mail
Rating: 3/4 --
... despite its familiarity, it works, mostly on the strength of a fine performance by the Scottish actor Peter Mullan.
Detroit Free Press
Rating: 2.5/4 --
One thing that sets On a Clear Day apart from other, like-minded films -- besides its spectacular Scottish location footage -- is the first-rate cast.
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Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Rating: 3/5 --
On a Clear Day isn't so much a bad film as it is a thoroughly familiar and unnecessary one.
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eFilmCritic.com
Product Description:
Shot on location in Glasgow and Dover, director Gaby Dellal's first feature takes off from a true story of one man's determination to swim the English Channel. The film deftly avoids the pitfalls of sentiment through a self-deprecating humor that recalls THE FULL MONTY in tone and theme, as well as a stunning performance from Peter Mullen (YOUNG ADAM) as protagonist Frank Redmond.
After 40 years of working as a shipbuilder, the somewhat taciturn Frank has been "made redundant" and let go from his job. He finds himself utterly unmoored without the routine and trappings that have defined his existence for so long, and suffers a loss of self-respect that he is unable to talk about with his loving wife, Joan (Brenda Blethyn, PRIDE & PREJUDICE), and son, Rob (Jamie Sives). Floundering, Frank becomes obsessed with the idea of swimming the Channel, and undertakes the project with the help of Chan (Benedict Wong, DIRTY PRETTY THINGS), the owner of the local fish-and-chips shop, who becomes Frank's personal trainer. His three best mates (Billy Boyd, Sean McGinley, and Ron Cook) sign on for the ride as well, each discovering new strength in themselves along the way. But it is Frank's relationships with his family that are the most moving part of the film, as he deals with the demons that have hounded him for over 20 years and rediscovers the bonds he shares with his wife and his long-estranged son.
After 40 years of working as a shipbuilder, the somewhat taciturn Frank has been "made redundant" and let go from his job. He finds himself utterly unmoored without the routine and trappings that have defined his existence for so long, and suffers a loss of self-respect that he is unable to talk about with his loving wife, Joan (Brenda Blethyn, PRIDE & PREJUDICE), and son, Rob (Jamie Sives). Floundering, Frank becomes obsessed with the idea of swimming the Channel, and undertakes the project with the help of Chan (Benedict Wong, DIRTY PRETTY THINGS), the owner of the local fish-and-chips shop, who becomes Frank's personal trainer. His three best mates (Billy Boyd, Sean McGinley, and Ron Cook) sign on for the ride as well, each discovering new strength in themselves along the way. But it is Frank's relationships with his family that are the most moving part of the film, as he deals with the demons that have hounded him for over 20 years and rediscovers the bonds he shares with his wife and his long-estranged son.
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