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There's Only One Jimmy Grimble on DVD (2000)
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In this feel-good fantasy football yarn, film first-timer Lewis McKenzie plays Manchester teen Jimmy, a budding George Best, but only in the privacy of practice. Play him in a game and he's tackled by lack of confidence. Then an old crone gifts him a pair of “magic” football boots and Jimmy is soon inspiring his team to the finals of the inter-school championships. With big guns Robert Carlyle (as his sports teacher) and Ray Winstone (as an ardent suitor in a subplot involving Jimmy's single mum), this has moments that are corny, clunky and crass, but it's still hard to dislike. Halliwell's Film Guide Likeable, light-hearted tale of a underdog learning to cope with life's little misfortunes, but looking somewhat undernourished on the big screen. Time Out It's hard being a small, shy, sensitive, lone Mancunian with unrealised dreams of footballing glory, and though Jimmy... Read more on www.timeout.com Members ReviewsReviews Voted Most HelpfulMost Recent Reviews |
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