Among Giants

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Among Giants

R,

1998,

1h 30m,

Romance/

Comedy

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61%

18 Reviews

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40%

250+ Ratings

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18 Reviews

40%

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250+ Ratings

A female hitchhiker (Rachel Griffiths) moves in with an older married Briton (Pete Postlethwaite) and his unattached young roommate (James Thornton).

Xan Brooks

Independent (UK)

Jul 13, 2023

3/5

Simon Beaufoy's script mixes kitchen-sink grit with sentiment; Sam Miller's direction goes big on crane shots. Earthy, likeable stuff.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 1, 2000

3/4

As actors, Postlethwaite and Griffiths have the ability to evoke people it might be interesting to be, or know. The director, Sam Miller, uses this gift in unexpected ways.

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Quentin Falk

Sunday Mirror (UK)

Jul 13, 2023

3/5

Written by Simon (The Full Monty) Beaufoy and well directed by This Life's Sam Miller, here's an equally expert, often funny -- if not quite so obviously crowd pleasing -- ensemble as that earlier Sheffield spectacular.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

May 26, 2006

First time director Sam Miller drenches the whole thing with excessive helicopter shots, swirling crane shots, and thundering music, ruining the whole experience.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Oct 6, 2005

2/5

Spence D.

IGN

Jan 24, 2004

3/5

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Han R

Jul 27, 2018

A low budget British film set in Northern England, Sheffield specifically. Basically it follows a group of cash in hand painters painting electricity pylons around Sheffield. The gang are led by Pete Postlethwaite as Ray. Postlethwaite died in 2011 aged 64. This film was released in 1998 making him fifty or so. The central plot of the film revolves around a relationship between Ray and young Australian backpacker, hippy, student type Gerry played by Rachel Griffiths. I am sure Gerry could have been Ray's daughter. I'm not being agist but as the relationship develops in one scene we see them dancing around naked under the old Tinsley cooling towers. The film has some local interest to me but even in twenty years a lot of filming locations have changed or don't even exist anymore. The film develops at a slow pace and at times boredom did set in. To say it was written by Simon Beaufoy who was behind hit comedy The Full Monty, featuring a similar setting and cast members. It ain't half boring. The naked dancing scene has left me scarred!

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Synopsis

A female hitchhiker (Rachel Griffiths) moves in with an older married Briton (Pete Postlethwaite) and his unattached young roommate (James Thornton).

Director: Sam Miller
Producer: Stephen Garrett
Screenwriter: Simon Beaufoy
Distributor: 20th Century Fox, Fox
Production Co: BBC, British Screen Productions, Arts Council of England
Rating: R
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 24, 1998, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $64.4K
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Digital

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