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2002 Certificate 15
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After his girlfriend turns down a marriage proposal by her decent-but-dull boyfriend, a small-time crook drifts back into town to win back his old flame and pull off one final crime. Will she follow her head or her heart - and can her new beau handle the stiff competition? This smooth operator has more than met his match in a .. Read more

Starring Robert Carlyle, Rhys Ifans, Kathy Burke, Ricky Tomlinson
Director Shane Meadows
Genres Comedy, Drama

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Once Upon A Time In The Midlands

After his girlfriend turns down a marriage proposal by her decent-but-dull boyfriend, a small-time crook drifts back into town to win back his old flame and pull off one final crime. Will she follow her head or her heart - and can her new beau handle the stiff competition? This smooth operator has more than met his match in a motley crew of oddball outcasts, as rekindled passions and old secrets up the ante in an uproarious love triangle.

Starring Robert Carlyle, Rhys Ifans, Kathy Burke, Ricky Tomlinson, Shirley Henderson, Finn Atkins, Andrew Shim, Bob Mortimer, Vic Reeves
Director Shane Meadows
Studio 4 DVD
Run time DVD: 1 hr 40 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Comedy, Drama
Language DVD: English
Hearing-impaired English
Released DVD: 19 May 2003
Production year: 2002
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Once Upon A Time In The Midlands (2002)

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  • Irresponsible charmer Carlyle returns to the wife and child he left behind on a Nottingham estate, partly to hide from... read more on Time Out

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    • Posted 18 Aug 2009

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  • 11 out of 12 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    far better than most brit films

    although that may not be saying much. you definitely won't regret renting it although, like me, you may find it weird that the various characters in the Midlands speak a range of accents from around the UK and in particular Kathy Burke's sarf London mum is the brother of Robert Carlyle's character who speaks with a broad Glaswegian accent.

      • A customer from London, england
      • Posted 09 Apr 2005 20:44

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  • 6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Very Disappointing

    With this cast it should have been a very good film but a decent plot was poorly acted and badly scripted. This was just dull - even the actors seemed bored and it was a struggle to make it to the end. Kathy Burke was the only high point.

      • Paul G from Bedfordshire
      • Posted 19 Aug 2006 11:32

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