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THE MARTINS is a Ken Loach style comically tinged drama about a working class English family from TV drama director Tony Grounds. After failing to win a holiday in a competition, jobless Robert Martin (Lee Evans) embarks on a crime spree in an effort to please his children and long suffering wife (played by the always excellent .. Read more

Starring	Lee Evans, Kathy Burke, Linda Bassett, Eric Byrne
Director	Tony Grounds
Genres	Comedy

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- A star vehicle for a comedian who has yet to prove himself a star on screen, and this witless hotchpotch won't help.
- 31439
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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- - 4
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  Surprisingly moving and very British
  
  The British love the underdog and few people know this as well as the comic Lee Evans. So first-time director Tony Grounds must have felt on sure ground when he... read more »
  
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  - Sarah
  - London, England
  - 04 Sep 2004 at 23:16
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  The Martins
  
  This film was a complete let down, way to much explicit language, was hardly any scene that did not have the f word in it and nothing but them all way through a... read more »
  
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- - baptized2008
  - 3 reviews
  - Lancashire
  - 14 Mar 2011 at 00:02
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  The Martins surprised me
  
  I have to said this film is a good film and deserve more than 3 starts.
  
  Do not expect too much from this film and you will enjoy it even more.
  
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- 970554
- - lmu
  - 2 reviews
  - surrey
  - 06 Mar 2011 at 18:16
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  A Few good laughs
  
  This film was not as funny as I thought it would be, considering it starred Lee Evans, who i think is one of the top stand up comedians of our day and the ... read more »
  
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- - BobbyJo
  - 6 reviews
  - Cambs
  - 07 Jan 2011 at 20:31
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  The martins
  
  exellent film love it great family comedy ,i thought it was very funny expeically when he ties up the people who he steals the holiday off lol =p x x x
  
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- - xxcrystalxx21
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  - dudley
  - 11 Sep 2010 at 15:05
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  Sadly no.
  
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  Awful film full of awful people. Lee Evans' character was pathetic and I couldn't feel sorry for his self inflicted predicament. I think the writers ... read more »
  
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  - Nottingham
  - 09 Sep 2009 at 10:05
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  Comedy with pathos
  
  Quite a strange film this. Are we meant to laugh at the mishaps of the main character or sympathise with the hardships he puts his poor family through? More ... read more »
  
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- - Cato
  - 591 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 06 May 2009 at 21:10
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  Good Film
  
  Being a Lee Evans fan this is one of the films i wanted to watch so added it too my list. Lee plays a great role and there are alot of humerous parts. Kathy ... read more »
  
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  - Mansfield
  - 12 Apr 2009 at 13:22
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  Worst movie ever!
  
  This is quite possibly the worst movie I've ever seen! I've seen come crap movies in my day, but although I didn't like them, I could see how some ... read more »
  
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  - Portsmouth
  - 19 Mar 2009 at 14:23
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  well funny
  
  worth watching so love this film
  
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- - robandang
  - 22 reviews
  - Rugeley
  - 18 Oct 2008 at 21:08
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  A Right Pair of Martins
  
  This movie, a romantic comedy staring Lee Evans and Kathy Burke has a rather abrupt ending… but the lead up is funny and a little heart wrenching. I felt ... read more »
  
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- - Joi
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  - 20 Aug 2008 at 01:12
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- - 4
  - 0
  Surprisingly moving and very British
  
  The British love the underdog and few people know this as well as the comic Lee Evans. So first-time director Tony Grounds must have felt on sure ground when he... read more »
  
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  - Sarah
  - London, England
  - 04 Sep 2004 at 23:16
- - 2
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  A Good Chuckle
  
  Cannot possibly see how people described this as mind numbing. Lee evans is a genius and Kathy Burke one of the best character actresses we have at the moment ... read more »
  
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  - Waterlooville
  - 12 May 2006 at 22:39
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  Absolutely brilliant, ...
  
  Absolutely brilliant, you couldn't have got a better cast in this movie. Lee Evans and Kathy Burke were perfect and the film had me in stitches all the way ... read more »
  
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- - Maimee#1
  - DONCASTER
  - 18 Nov 2003 at 18:40
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  I'd rather watch paint dry
  
  It's not clever it's not funny and it could have been shot in one take with one camera for all the use of location. Boring in the extreme unless you ... read more »
  
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  - Sheffield
  - 06 Feb 2005 at 21:41
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  Pants...
  
  Mind numbingly pants...
  
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- - a customer
  - Sussex
  - 19 Apr 2005 at 19:19
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  Avoid this at all costs
  
  I only gave this one star because there was no option for zero. This is without a doubt the worst film I have ever seen, even a brief cameo by the wonderful ... read more »
  
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  - Northampton, England
  - 03 May 2005 at 11:37
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  disappointing
  
  thought this would have been funny as i love kathy burke but found it really boring
  
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- - Nicky
  - durham, uk
  - 17 Sep 2005 at 17:55
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  good
  
  some of it was funny, not a bundle of laughs, but it was ok. im a lee evans and kathy burke fan and i enjoyed this dvd. not wildly excitin but enjoyable.
  
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- - kim
  - surrey, england
  - 05 Oct 2005 at 23:41
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  truly awful
  
  this is an awful film featuring an overly stereotyped, loathsome family with whom it is impossible to empathise - it doesn't matter ... read more »
  
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- - sandwoman
  - guildford
  - 11 Jan 2007 at 14:54
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  quite funny
  
  Lee Evans and Kathy Burke together as a family.Its like the neighbours you would hate to have next door.Good laugh and a wee bubble at the end.
  
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- - a customer
  - glasgow)lanarkshire
  - 23 Mar 2007 at 20:13

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- A star vehicle for a comedian who has yet to prove himself a star on screen, and this witless hotchpotch won't help.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42

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  THE MARTINS is a Ken Loach style comically tinged drama about a working class English family from TV drama director Tony Grounds. After failing to win a holiday in a competition, jobless Robert Martin (Lee Evans) embarks on a crime spree in an effort to please his children and long suffering wife (...