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The Agent Reviews

2008

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It's all in a day's work for high-flying literary agent Alexander. There are manuscripts to read, deals to be done, celebrity clients to be taken out to lunch. But first, there is an author to deal with whose latest book the agent thinks is, frankly, not up to scratch. However he hadn't counted on the author's resourcefulness. .. Read more

Starring	William Beck, Stephen Kennedy, Maureen Lipman, Lucy Bayler
Director	Lesley Manning
Genres	Comedy

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- Apparently, agents are only in it for the money. Who knew? Not Stephen (Stephen Kennedy), who has just finished his... read more on Time Out
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- - Nina Caplan
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  - 16 Sep 2009 at 06:49
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  don't waste your time
  
  Tried to write a longer review, but..........so booooooring!
  
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  Tired Now.
  
  Seriously? Vincent Gallo was involved in this??? Is that a mis-print? I adore his work but this....? I only rented it purely as his name was a connection. Never... read more »
  
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  AMAZING, brittish at its best
  
  I LOVE THIS FILM, forget what everyone else says, the two lead actors perform there but of, and Alex played by William Beck, is lush. A budget brittish film at ... read more »
  
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  - 28 Nov 2011 at 21:58
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  Lost 80 mins of my life
  
  It finished before it got started! But we did enjoy the slightly angsty music soundtrack that implied something was going to happen, but actually nothing did!
  
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  - 19 Mar 2011 at 23:13
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  Heart Felt
  
  An account of the agonies of getting published, this is quite interesting on the processes of writing and publishing, but I didn't think it worked well as ... read more »
  
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  - 30 Aug 2010 at 10:15
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  Outstandng performance from Lipman
  
  This film is about 80 minutes too long. Maureen Lipman is 3rd on the credits and is on screen for about 5 minutes. This is a prime example of why the British ... read more »
  
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  - 24 Jun 2010 at 21:43
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  dreadfull
  
  Possibly the worst, most amateurish movie i have ever seen. The opening scene goes on for an age and absolutely nothing happens. The sound levels are all over ... read more »
  
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  - 30 May 2010 at 19:39
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  DIRE ; EVEN WORSE THAN !
  
  The story line was cumbersome right from the opening titles and slowly deteriorated ! Why this movie was made is imposible to imagine, FORTUNATELY no subtitles ... read more »
  
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  Terrible
  
  This film doesn't even deserve 1 star - total waste of time.
  
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  - 15 Mar 2010 at 15:23
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  Best avoided
  
  I confess that I didn’t watch the film to the end but gave it far more of a chance than it deserved ; boring, two unsympathetic characters and very ... read more »
  
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  don't waste your time
  
  Tried to write a longer review, but..........so booooooring!
  
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  don't waste your time
  
  Tried to write a longer review, but..........so booooooring!
  
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  did not enjoy......like a mockumentary
  
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  - 12 Feb 2010 at 10:37
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  Heart Felt
  
  An account of the agonies of getting published, this is quite interesting on the processes of writing and publishing, but I didn't think it worked well as ... read more »
  
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  - FrankIV
  - 426 reviews
  - Cirencester, England
  - 30 Aug 2010 at 10:15
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  AMAZING, brittish at its best
  
  I LOVE THIS FILM, forget what everyone else says, the two lead actors perform there but of, and Alex played by William Beck, is lush. A budget brittish film at ... read more »
  
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- - catzy
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  - 28 Nov 2011 at 21:58
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  - 5
  awful
  
  definitely waste of time!
  
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- - a customer
  - Sheffield
  - 09 Feb 2010 at 09:53
- - 1
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  DIRE ; EVEN WORSE THAN !
  
  The story line was cumbersome right from the opening titles and slowly deteriorated ! Why this movie was made is imposible to imagine, FORTUNATELY no subtitles ... read more »
  
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- 893564
- - Peter Hughes
  - Burnham
  - 24 May 2010 at 08:03
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  dreadfull
  
  Possibly the worst, most amateurish movie i have ever seen. The opening scene goes on for an age and absolutely nothing happens. The sound levels are all over ... read more »
  
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  - oxford
  - 30 May 2010 at 19:39
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  Tired Now.
  
  Seriously? Vincent Gallo was involved in this??? Is that a mis-print? I adore his work but this....? I only rented it purely as his name was a connection. Never... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 26 Apr 2012 at 01:05
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  Best avoided
  
  I confess that I didn’t watch the film to the end but gave it far more of a chance than it deserved ; boring, two unsympathetic characters and very ... read more »
  
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  - Surrey
  - 28 Feb 2010 at 20:24
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  Terrible
  
  This film doesn't even deserve 1 star - total waste of time.
  
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  - 15 Mar 2010 at 15:23

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- Apparently, agents are only in it for the money. Who knew? Not Stephen (Stephen Kennedy), who has just finished his... read more on Time Out
- 62410
- - Nina Caplan
  - Time Out
  - 16 Sep 2009 at 06:49

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  It's all in a day's work for high-flying literary agent Alexander. There are manuscripts to read, deals to be done, celebrity clients to be taken out to lunch. But first, there is an author to deal with whose latest book the agent thinks is, frankly, not up to scratch. However he hadn't counted on ...