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- Certainly worth seeing for its understated portrait of working-class alienation and for the enthusiasm and soul Hoskins brings to his goodhearted, hopeful character.
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May 8, 1998 · Twentyfourseven. Roger Ebert May 08, 1998. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. I've never been able to understand why boxing is so often recommended as a worthwhile pastime for idle lads in depressed areas. As a possible avenue to future employment, it ranks well below the chances of making it in the NBA, and it has the added ...
As a youth, Alan Darcy (Bob Hoskins) avoided getting sucked into violent gang life in Nottingham by taking out his aggression at a boxing club. Years later, the same grim temptations of crime and...
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- Shane Meadows
- R
- Bob Hoskins
Verified Audience. Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews. It follows the familiar formulaic path of Brit working-class films of the 60s, but has less edge than those films. Full Review ...
May 1, 1998 · TwentyFourSeven: Directed by Shane Meadows. With Danny Nussbaum, Toby, Bob Hoskins, Bruce Jones. In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs. One day, Alan Darcy, a highly motivated man with the same kind of youth experience, starts trying to get the young people off the street and ...
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Shane Meadows
- 1998-05-01
Apr 2, 1998 · Movies |. Reviews. TwentyFourSeven Review. A Middle-aged loner starts a boxing club on the rundown estate to help get trouble making kids off the streets. by Jake Hamilton |. Published on 01 01...
L.A. guys drink, flirt ... and that's about it. Read Common Sense Media's Twentyfourseven review, age rating, and parents guide.
"Twentyfourseven" is not an easy movie to watch, actually I found it quite difficult, but well worth it. The story chronicles one man's attempt to bring meaning and purpose to a group of working-class youths in a grimy English city. Bob Hoskins plays Alan Darcy a sweet, well-meaning man trying to do good against insurmountable odds.
