Outside Bet | |
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Directed by | Sacha Bennett |
Written by | Mark Baxter and Paolo Hewitt (novel The Mumper); Nigel Smith Sacha Bennett |
Produced by | Carolyn Bennett Tony Humphreys Terry Stone |
Starring | Bob Hoskins Jenny Agutter Philip Davis Adam Deacon |
Cinematography | Nic Lawson |
Edited by | Kate Evans |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 94 mins. |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Budget | $7,500,000 [1] |
Outside Bet, also known as Weighed In: The Story of the Mumper, is a British comedy film directed by Sacha Bennett and starring Bob Hoskins, Jenny Agutter, Philip Davis and Adam Deacon. The film was released on 20 April 2012. [1]
It is 1985. Thatcher is in power, Sade is on the radio, and the print workers have gone on strike. But nothing, not even a scale eight earthquake can put a dampener on a group of close friends that meet every Sunday in their regular South London pub for a pint and free flowing banter of the highest order. Set against the backdrop of a changing way of life-as Rupert Murdoch moves the printing of his newspapers from Fleet Street to Wapping-this is a tale of seven firm friends, who embark on a unique journey that eventually leads them to gamble all of their savings and redundancy money on a single race.
The film was not well received by critics. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes records 9 reviews with an average rating of 3.4/10. [2] Other reviews have been more positive - Mark Kermode declared it his Film of the Week, saying he was "charmed" by the film, and also made it one of his 6 "Gems" of the year. [3]
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