6/10
Midland comedy light
22 November 2002
Robert Carlyle, Rhys Ifans, Shirley Henderson, Kathy Burke, those can't possibly make a bad film. But it is the acting that makes it, not the script, which is meant to be based on traditional western, but are more based on traditional late English film comedy about "common" people.

It of course nice seeing the loser win the girl for once. This is a victory of gentleness, but it's rather obvious that this is gonna happen. The Midlands are looked upon with much love, including bingo halls, Nashville music maniacs and people who are too fat, but keeps their dignity watching British daytime television. But it is a patented love. It is sentimentalized.
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