2:Hrs

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2:Hrs
Directed by Darren Newton
Written by Roland Moore
Produced byAndromeda Godfrey
Diana Juhr-De Benedetti
Darren Newton
Starring
CinematographySara Deane
Edited byJim Page
Music byMatthew Bonham
Tim Cotterell
Production
companies
Makelight Productions
Sting Like a Bee Films
Distributed byThe Movie Partnership
Release date
  • 30 July 2018 (2018-07-30)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

2:Hrs is a 2018 British comedy film directed by Darren Newton, starring Harry Jarvis, Ella-Rae Smith and Alhaji Fofana.

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Cast

Reception

Darryl M. of Dove.org called the film "enjoyable, if slightly corny". [1]

Renee Longstreet of Common Sense Media rated the film 3 stars out of 5 and wrote that the film's "outlandish" concept is "made plausible" by the "sincere" performances of Jarvis, Smith and Fofana. [2]

Film critic Kim Newman called the film the "nearest thing we’re going to get to a Children's Film Foundation movie this century". [3]

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References

  1. M., Darryl. "2:Hrs". Dove.org . Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  2. Longstreet, Renee. "2:Hrs". Common Sense Media . Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  3. Newman, Kim (27 July 2018). "Film review 2:Hrs". The Kim Newman Web Site. Retrieved 20 November 2022.