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2002 Certificate 15
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In this made for TV adaptation of Tony Parsons' best-selling novel, Ioan Gruffud plays high-flying executive Harry Silver who has to learn the hard way what fatherhood is all about. When the unsettled Harry has a one-night stand with a colleague, his wife leaves him to care for their five year-old son on his own. After a bad .. Read more

Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Elizabeth Mitchell, Natasha Little, Jack Shepherd
Director Simon Curtis
Genres Drama

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Man And Boy

In this made for TV adaptation of Tony Parsons' best-selling novel, Ioan Gruffud plays high-flying executive Harry Silver who has to learn the hard way what fatherhood is all about. When the unsettled Harry has a one-night stand with a colleague, his wife leaves him to care for their five year-old son on his own. After a bad start, he ropes in help from his parents and an American waitress and soon they are discovering how strong the father-son bond can be.

Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Elizabeth Mitchell, Natasha Little, Jack Shepherd, Pauline Collins, Ian McShane
Director Simon Curtis
Studio CINEMA CLUB
Run time DVD: 1 hr 43 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 12 May 2003
Production year: 2002
Format DVD

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  • 2 stars out of 5

    Comedian Bill Cosby launched his big-screen career as star and executive producer of this mild, old-fashioned western drama about blacks out west after the Civil War. Cosby is good as the homesteader who takes his young son in pursuit of a stolen horse, but director EW Swackhamer lets too many actors chew the scenery and stages some unconvincing shoot-outs. Yaphet Kotto plays a powerful bully, Douglas Turner Ward is a cantankerous outlaw, while Leif Erickson has the only substantial white role as a lawman.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

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  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Superb!

    Wasn't sure what too expect from this - took a little while to get into, but well worth it.

    Gentle humour, great acting and a pretty good ending to boot:-)

    Well worth renting

      • A customer from Sheringham, Norfolk
      • Posted 01 Aug 2004 23:12

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars

    You can almost see the cheese dripping

    This film was dreadful, so slow and bitty! I can't see what is so brilliant about this. I only give it the two stars because it gives a moving portrayal of a marriage that breaks down. But it is so unrealistic.

    For example the little boy falls into an empty swimming pool from a great height and smashes his head open; his father picks him up and jogs the kid (with his head dangling) to the hospital. Wouldn't this would cause a brain haemorrhage? Well not here, the kid is absolutely fine.

      • A customer from Cornwall
      • Posted 04 Dec 2005 11:51

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      • In this made for TV adaptation of Tony Parsons' best-selling novel, Ioan Gruffud plays high-flying executive Harry Silver who has to learn the hard way what fatherhood is all about. When the ...