Piccadilly Jim
2004
Period comedy based on the novel by P.G. Wodehouse. Jim Crocker (Sam Rockwell) is a young American journalist living in London in the 1930s, writing a column under the name 'Piccadilly Jim', and whose wild, hard-drinking antics have scandalised his mother (Allison Janney) and father (Tom Wilkinson) and ruined their chances of .. Read more
| Starring | Cassandra Bell, Brenda Blethyn, Hugh Bonneville, Tom Hollander |
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| Director | John McKay |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance |
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Piccadilly Jim
Period comedy based on the novel by P.G. Wodehouse. Jim Crocker (Sam Rockwell) is a young American journalist living in London in the 1930s, writing a column under the name 'Piccadilly Jim', and whose wild, hard-drinking antics have scandalised his mother (Allison Janney) and father (Tom Wilkinson) and ruined their chances of further climbing the social ladder into the upper classes. When he meets the refined Ann (Frances O'Connor), he is dismayed to find that she loathes 'Piccadilly Jim', and so he conceives a scheme to win her heart by posing as the upstanding son of his own butler and travelling with her to America. Staying with her eccentric family in the States, Jim's plans are thrown into further disarray when the false pretences of the other guests become increasingly obvious.
| Starring | Cassandra Bell, Brenda Blethyn, Hugh Bonneville, Tom Hollander, Allison Janney, Frances O'Connor, Sam Rockwell, Tom Wilkinson |
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| Director | John McKay |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 31 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy, Romance |
| Language | English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 22 May 2006 Production year: 2004 |
| Format | DVD |
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PG Wodehouse's story, previously filmed in 1920, glides through London's clubland and has an American cartoonist, Robert Montgomery, as its hero. The main plot has Montgomery converting the life of his sweetheart's family into a cartoon strip but it's the gallery of secondary characters and MGM's idea of what London Town is like that makes this creaky picture still watchable. Eric Blore plays an English butler to perfection and there are also turns from Robert Benchley and Billie Burke. The screenplay is co-written by Charles Brackett, later the partner of Billy Wilder on such classics as The Lost Weekend and Sunset Boulevard.
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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Give It A Go If You Like Wodehouse
Thought I'd try this and I was pleasantly surprised. The reviews I found were all saying it was truly terrible. In my opinion they were wrong.
Its not a classic but its fun and rattles along in a fun way. The cast are good and know what to do with this sort of stuff. -
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
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Yes, we like Jim!
I am sorry that so many people dismiss this film as 'terrible'. Yes, the film has been adapted with quite a contemporary take and so I can understand why it would disappoint PG Wodehouse purists, but I felt it was very fresh and the bizarre, quirky humour and boundless energy kept me intrigued throughout. Plus I thought Frances O'Connor was quite good...
The film was really quite unusual and, as a result, a welcome departure from some of the tired old adaptations of books, not to mention, countless hollywood blockbusters.
I am a bit of an Austen purist and I managed to see the merits of the recent film of Mansfield Park so please don't be put off. definately reccommend giving it a go.
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- jslorr from Glasgow
- Posted 10 Apr 2008 22:56
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Piccadilly Jim
Period comedy based on the novel by P.G. Wodehouse. Jim Crocker (Sam Rockwell) is a young American journalist living in London in the 1930s, writing a column under the name 'Piccadilly Jim', and whose wild, hard-drinking antics have scandalised his mother (Allison Janney) and father (Tom Wilkinson) ...
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