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Any recommendations for a quirky little gem of a film

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waltzingparrot · 10/11/2020 21:30

The type that doesn't sound great in its synopsis but turned out to be brilliantly entertaining, moving, hysterical. It's probably British. Definitely understated.

I'll offer Marvellous with Toby Jones

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LadyEloise1 · Today 18:41

It really is a wee gem.

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Yamyamabroad · 07/06/2026 21:14

I've just watched "Brassed Off" again. I'd forgotten how bloody brilliant this film is. Set in the decline of the British mining industry in the early 90s, it deals with community, despair, romance - a proper nostalgic Northern film but with a heartwarming feel. The music is brilliant too. Sadly overshadowed by the Full Monty at the time, but actually so much better.

I watched Brassed Off again last week, after I saw the stage adaptation in Leeds last weekend (superb btw). Brilliant film for understanding the psyche of S Yorks, even a generation later (I live on the S/W Yorks border; work about a mile away from Grimethorpe with a lot of ex miners and their sons, on a business park on an old colliery site).

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