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Imelda Staunton

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  • Crush
  • Crush review by A customer from Kettering
    Rated - 4 stars Crush 26 August 2008
    ...tress of a private school, Molly (Anna Chancellor) is the local GP, and Janine (Imelda Staunton) is the police chief. The equilibrium of the little spinster-circle is upset w...  
  • Vera Drake
  • Vera Drake review by from Bromsgrove UK
    Rated - 4 stars In a time when a cup of tea solved all problems! 28 January 2005
    ...ing the scene by Mike Leigh. Some very good performances particularly from Imelda Staunton and Phil Davies but I would not put it in either OSCAR or BAFTA award winning t...  
  • Freedom Writers
  • Freedom Writers review by A customer from scotland
    Rated - 3 stars not overly enthralled.... 18 April 2008
    ...ople's 'conversion' is too cheesy to be realistic - the writing really is poor. Imelda Staunton's part was really the only entertaining one, playing the baddy, but there isn't...  

Imelda Staunton - filmography


  • Clay on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Imelda Staunton,  Ian McElhinney,  Ben-Ryan Davies
    Director: Andrew Gunn
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the novel by award-winning author David Almond. Set in the mid-60s, this dark and mesmerising fable tells how 14-year-old David's life is changed forever by a mysterious outsider, Stephen. Stephen is a reject from priest-school, where not even the fathers can cope with his strange ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 77 members
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  • The Wind In The Willows on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Matt Lucas,  Imelda Staunton,  Jim Carter
    Director: Rachel Talalay
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Live-action adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame classic THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. Follow the misadventures of Mole, Ratty, Toad, Badger, and the other eccentric woodland creatures as they get up to all sorts of humourous high jinks. This lavish BBC production features an all-star cast that includes ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 134 members
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  • Nanny McPhee on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Emma Thompson,  Colin Firth,  Kelly MacDonald
    Director: Kirk Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In this dark and witty fable, Nanny McPhee (a person of an unsettling appearance and magical powers) enters the household of the recently widowed Mr. Brown and attempts to tame his seven exceedingly ill-behaved children. The children, led by the oldest boy Simon, have managed to drive away 17 ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 46,954 members
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  • Vera Drake on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Imelda Staunton,  Estelle Harris,  Phil Davis
    Director: Mike Leigh
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Mike Leigh produces another devastating masterpiece with the heartbreaking VERA DRAKE. Imelda Staunton is the title character, beloved wife of Stan (Phil Davis) and mother of Sid (Daniel Mays) and Ethel (Alex Kelly). Vera spends her days cleaning houses for money and looking in on elderly and sick ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 48,309 members
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  • Blackball on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Paul Kaye,  Vince Vaughn,  Johnny Vegas
    Director: Mel Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Directed by funnyman Mel Smith, BLACKBALL follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey (Paul Kaye). Starkey lives in a traditional, quiet seaside town where nothing seems to inspire him except for bowls. However, inspite of his talent for the game, his working-class upbringing does not go down well with ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 6,082 members
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  • Bright Young Things on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Stephen Campbell Moore,  Peter O'Toole,  Jim Broadbent
    Director: Stephen,  Fry
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Adapted from Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies" - BRIGHT YOUNG THING is the directorial debut for Stephen Fry and follows the lives of a novelist, Adam (Stephen Campbell Moore) and his would-be lover, Nina (Emily Mortimer) as they mix with the 'bright young things' who inhabit the upper echelons of ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 5,976 members
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  • Crush on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Andie MacDowell,  Imelda Staunton,  Estelle Harris
    Director: John McKay
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Three forty-something women, Kate (Andie MacDowell), Molly (Anna Chancellor), and Janine (Imelda Staunton), gather weekly to swap stories, drink gin, and laugh about whose life is more pathetic, the prize for which is a box of chocolates. A constant problem for these ladies, who live in the sleepy ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,415 member
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  • Another Life (2001)
    Starring: Natasha Little,  Nick Moran,  Ioan Gruffudd
    Director: Philip Goodhew
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Philip Goodhew's gripping drama is set London shortly after the turn of the 20th century. Natasha Little plays Edith, a woman who becomes intimately involved with two different men. The ensemble cast includes Nick Moran, Ioan Gruffudd, Tom Wilkinson, and Imelda Staunton.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 282 members
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  • Rat on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Pete Postlethwaite,  Imelda Staunton,  Frank Kelly
    Director: Steve Barron
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This quaint Irish tale focuses on Hubert Flynn (Pete Postlethwaite), a man who returns home one night after having a few pints at the local pub and mysteriously transforms into a rat. His metamorphosis is shocking to his family, and as they try to come to terms with his new identity, Hubert embarks ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 218 members
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  • Cranford - The Specials
    Starring: Judi Dench,  Imelda Staunton,  Jonathan Pryce
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Welcome to Cranford, where all changes and all remains the same. Miss Matty's house is full of life and bustle. Her dream of having a child in the house has been realised in the birth of Tilly, daughter of her maid Martha and carpenter Jem. The shadow of the railway still looms but, to the relief ..read more »
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  • Another Life to Watch Now (2001)
    Starring: Natasha Little,  Nick Moran,  Ioan Gruffudd
    Director: Philip Goodhew
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 90 minutes
    Philip Goodhew's gripping drama is set London shortly after the turn of the 20th century. Natasha Little plays Edith, a woman who becomes intimately involved with two different men. The ensemble cast includes Nick Moran, Ioan Gruffudd, Tom Wilkinson, and Imelda Staunton.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 5 members
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Imelda Staunton facts

5 most recent films

Taking Woodstock - 3.5 stars
A Bunch of Amateurs - 3.0 stars
Bunch of Amateurs, A - BLU-RAY Version - 2.5 stars
Clay - 2.5 stars
Three and Out - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Cranford - Complete BBC Series - 4.5 stars
My Family And Other Animals - 4.0 stars
Shakespeare Retold - 4.0 stars
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
Freedom Writers - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Cranford - The Specials - 3 stars
Snow Queen's Revenge - 2.0 stars
Bunch of Amateurs, A - BLU-RAY Version - 2.5 stars
Big And Small Vol.1 - 3.5 stars
Taking Woodstock - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Estelle Harris - 13 times - show films
Michael Gambon - 3 times - show films
Julia McKenzie - 3 times - show films
Helena Bonham-Carter - 3 times - show films
Derek Jacobi - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Philip Goodhew - 2 times - show films
Richard LaGravenese - 2 times - show films
David Yates - 2 times - show films
Martin Gates - 2 times - show films
Andy Cadiff - 2 times - show films