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  • Starring: Billy Boyd, Brenda Blethyn, Peter Mullan
  • Summary: This inspirational drama illustrates how when you aspire to something extraordinary, you can find the hero within. When Glasgow shipbuilder Frank Redmond is suddenly laid off, he finds himself without a job or a sense of direction. An offhand remark from a friend inspires Frank to challenge himself. Determined to shore up his own self-confidence, he will attempt the near-impossible -- swimming the English Channel. (Focus Features)… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Bennett
    80
    The kind of drama that British television used to do so well, a well-constructed, smartly observed story of ordinary people learning how to communicate with one another.
  2. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Peter Hanson
    80
    A rich drama that gradually evolves into a feel-good story.
  3. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    58
    Scottish actor Peter Mullan saves a drama tangled in the seaweed of life lessons from drowning in pathos.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  1. SteveW.
    10
    A powerful and gripping performance by Peter Mullan. A top-notch actor. I wonder what film the Chicago Sun Times critic was watching.
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  2. PatC.
    7
    A little melodramatic and told in a ham-handed way, but still a fine tale of balancing obsession and priorities.
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