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Looking for Eric
2009
"Looking For Eric" is the heart-warming and hilarious tale of downtrodden Eric (Steve Evets), a postman whose life is slipping through his fingers. That is until, with a little help from his family, his mates and, believe it or not, his hero Eric Cantona, he gets his life back on track. With a cast of familiar faces such as .. Read more
| Starring | Stephanie Bishop, Eric Cantona, Stefan Gumbs, Mick Ferry |
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| Director | Ken Loach |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Sport |
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Looking for Eric
"Looking For Eric" is the heart-warming and hilarious tale of downtrodden Eric (Steve Evets), a postman whose life is slipping through his fingers. That is until, with a little help from his family, his mates and, believe it or not, his hero Eric Cantona, he gets his life back on track.
With a cast of familiar faces such as John Henshaw ("The Royle Family"), Gerard Kearns ("Shameless"), Justin Moorhouse ("Phoenix Nights") and Eric Cantona as himself. "Looking For Eric" will put a big smile on your face and restore your faith in the power of the human spirit.
| Starring | Stephanie Bishop, Eric Cantona, Stefan Gumbs, Mick Ferry, Smug Roberts, Gerard Kearns, Steve Evets, Lucy Jo Hudson, Greg Cook, Des Sharples, Matthew McNulty, John Henshaw |
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| Director | Ken Loach |
| Studio | Icon |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 56 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 56 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | UK top 50 weekly chart |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Sport |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 12 Oct 2009 Blu-ray: 12 Oct 2009 Production year: 2009 |
| Format | DVD |
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Ken Loach at his best in this comedy about a middle-aged man avoiding a nervous breakdown, with help from his idol Eric Cantona. read more »
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41 out of 41 people found this review helpful
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Great British Film
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Saved by Eric
I am no film critic but 3 stars I feel is very generous for this film. I worship Cantona like any other red so his on-screen presence and some good acting were the only reason why I watched it for its entirety. The plot was very predictable and I couldn't help but cringe for the most part. Ok it dealt with some serious issues but in my opinion in, in a very babyish way. I couldn't help but laugh at some of the one-liners but it is in no way a comedy. I wouldn't recommend it if you don't know of Cantona's genius and have any appreciation of a decent film-plot.
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Looking For Eric
- 11 Jun 2009
Right, so, first things first: Eric Cantona is actually IN this film – it’s not just footie footage, or some clever CGI jiggery-pokery to make it look like he was there. I rather doubt that director Ken Loach has much truck with all that computerised mucking about anyway. Because this is very definitely a Ken Loach film. There’s the kitchen-sink realism of Carla’s Song or My Name Is Joe and the unflinching script of The Wind That Shakes The Barley, as we meet Eric... Read more
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Looking For Eric - BLU-RAY Version
A man trying to put his life back on track gets some advice from an unexpected benefactor in this comedy-drama from acclaimed British director Ken Loach. Eric Bishop (Steve Evets) is a postman living in Manchester whose life has been slowly going off the rails ever since his wife Lily (Stephanie ...
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Looking for Eric
"Looking For Eric" is the heart-warming and hilarious tale of downtrodden Eric (Steve Evets), a postman whose life is slipping through his fingers. That is until, with a little help from his family, his mates and, believe it or not, his hero Eric Cantona, he gets his life back on track.
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