Christie Malry's Own Double Entry
2000
Nick Moran stars in this drama as Christie Malry, a lowly bank worker who indulges in extreme fantasies of sex and violence to escape his humdrum life of a job he hates and having to care for his dying mother. Whilst taking an evening class, Christie learns the principles of double-entry bookkeeping and adopts the theory that .. Read more
| Starring | Nick Moran, Neil Stuke, Kate Ashfield, Marcello Mazzarella |
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| Director | Paul Tickell |
| Genres | Drama |
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Beset by numerous distribution problems since its completion, director Paul Tickell's ambitious adaptation of BS Johnson's 1973 novel racks up more debits than credits. On the plus side, Shirley Anne Field and Kate Ashfield impress as the dying mother and unsuspecting girlfriend of book-keeper Christie Malry (played by Lock, Stock's Nick Moran). It's his twisted world view that prompts him to commit increasingly deadly acts of subversion, which he tallies in a ledger detailing his notional fortune. However, the asides on the lethargy and cynicism of the modern world are lost within the flashy visuals and the parallel storyline that features the 15th-century monastic mathematician Pacioli (who first recorded the double-entry method) and his friend, Leonardo da Vinci.
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Adapted from the angry novel by experimental novelist BS Johnson, this is an ambitious attempt to capture on film a... read more on Time Out
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Book Keeping will never be the same.
Remarkable, a Billy Liar for the modern era. This is one of the most stunning debuts from a British Director in years.
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Christie Malry's Own Goal
I guess a cross between 'Billy Liar' and 'Fight Club' would be the best way to describe this, although not as good. The general storyline is ... more
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Make that a debit
What an incredibly odd film. It starts off well with the concept that life requires a balance, so that for every negative happening there should be a positive ... more
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Sh*te club
Christite Malry is the sort of film an angry adolescent would make: It is filled with fantasies of killing those in authority and having sex with the women in ... more
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Make that a debit
What an incredibly odd film. It starts off well with the concept that life requires a balance, so that for every negative happening there should be a positive ... more
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Book Keeping will never be the same.
Remarkable, a Billy Liar for the modern era. This is one of the most stunning debuts from a British Director in years.
Ever wanted to get even with ... more -
Christie Malry's Own Goal
I guess a cross between 'Billy Liar' and 'Fight Club' would be the best way to describe this, although not as good. The general storyline is ... more
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Make that a debit
What an incredibly odd film. It starts off well with the concept that life requires a balance, so that for every negative happening there should be a positive ... more
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Sh*te club
Christite Malry is the sort of film an angry adolescent would make: It is filled with fantasies of killing those in authority and having sex with the women in ... more
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1 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Totally in touch
The superficiality of the characters is obviously deliberate, and very well realised. It is because of these people and their attitudes that Moran's ... more
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Brave indie effort at waking UK film up.
Paul Tickle is indeed a lonely voice in the world of British film - which has largely slipped into its self induced 'Notting Hill' coma. That famous ... more
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Almost there...
This is not a terrible film by any means but it could have been so much better. The basic idea of the film is intriguing - someone applies the rules of double ... more
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Not as good as it could have been
This film suffers from a bit of a lack of dicipline. The concept is fantastic (especially if you work in accounts - it's every quiet clerk's fantasies) ... more
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Quite Bizarre!
This was a very strange movie and you often couldn't tell the difference from Christie's warped mind or the actual plot of the movie!
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a poor film by any standards. but given the brilliance of the source material (b s johnson's classic novel), i'd say this dismal adaptation is one of ... more
Critics' reviews (2)
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Beset by numerous distribution problems since its completion, director Paul Tickell's ambitious adaptation of BS Johnson's 1973 novel racks up more debits than credits. On the plus side, Shirley Anne Field and Kate Ashfield impress as the dying mother and unsuspecting girlfriend of book-keeper Christie Malry (played by Lock, Stock's Nick Moran). It's his twisted world view that prompts him to commit increasingly deadly acts of subversion, which he tallies in a ledger detailing his notional fortune. However, the asides on the lethargy and cynicism of the modern world are lost within the flashy visuals and the parallel storyline that features the 15th-century monastic mathematician Pacioli (who first recorded the double-entry method) and his friend, Leonardo da Vinci.
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Adapted from the angry novel by experimental novelist BS Johnson, this is an ambitious attempt to capture on film a... read more on Time Out
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Christie Malry's Own Double Entry
Nick Moran stars in this drama as Christie Malry, a lowly bank worker who indulges in extreme fantasies of sex and violence to escape his humdrum life of a job he hates and having to care for his dying mother. Whilst taking an evening class, Christie learns the principles of double-entry ...
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