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The Martins [DVD] [2001]

DVD ~ Lee Evans
4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Lee Evans, Kathy Burke, Linda Bassett, Eric Byrne, Terri Dumont
  • Directors: Tony Grounds
  • Writers: Tony Grounds
  • Producers: Bruce Davey, Dixie Linder, Greg Brenman, Paul Tucker, Peter Bennett-Jones
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Icon Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 18 Mar 2002
  • Run Time: 83 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005TNZG
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 56,322 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

The Martins is a very dark, but also very funny tale of the urban underclass in modern Britain. Lee Evans is Robert Martin, an unemployed dreamer who tries to provide for his family the only way he knows how--by entering every competition he can. When the prize of a holiday is snatched away from him he embarks on a Falling Down-style wave of retribution, first on the local newspaper, then his son's school and finally the middle-class suburban couple who have "stolen" his prize. As he's shown in films such as Funny Bones and There's Something About Mary, Evans is an accomplished actor as well as a physical comedian, but the real revelation here is Kathy Burke, who imbues her character with a warm emotion and pathos as well as exhibiting the deftness of comic touch that we have come to expect from her. The simple but effective plot loses its way on a couple of occasions, but where the film really succeeds is in giving depth to a collection of characters who, while they may appear quite repulsive on the surface, are in reality just as human as the rest of us. Although it's worlds away from glib Hollywood feel-good comedy, in the end The Martins does suggest that a little glimmer of hope can go a long way, something that makes this particular film all the more endearing. --Phil Udell


DVD Description

DVD Special Features:

Feature length commentary with Director and Writer Tony Grounds and Director of Photography David Johnson
Kathy Burke and Lee Evans interview
Deleted Scenes with optional commentary
"Laffs and Gaffs" - Outtakes from "The Martins"
TV and Radio Spots
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Trailer

English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, English for the hearing impaired

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars absolutely hilarious!, 2 Oct 2002
This review is from: The Martins [VHS] [2001] (VHS Tape)
this video is fab! lee evans is hilarious in this! kathy burke is a great actress! it's a fab dark comedy with side splitting consequences! once an angry man doesn't win a dream holiday but he's gonna make sure he gets it! you just know lee evans is gonna pull off another of his fantastic performances!
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7 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, 22 Mar 2002
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The first attempt at cinema by the talented Tony Grounds - a BAFTA nominated writer for Birth Marriages and Deaths. This film gave me every emotion imaginable as Lee Evans makes you both laugh and cry. A poor but true image of Hatfield!
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0 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars "The Martins" or "The Martyns"?, 28 May 2004
By A Customer
I recall going to see this movie when it came out in 2001.
I had time to waste and decided to waste it on this film.

The film itself is worth a single viewing if purely for the scenes in and around Hatfield. The storyline itself has enough humour for one viewing, although having sympathy for the character played by Lee Evans is, at times, difficult.

However, I have one major gripe with this film...

When it came out at the cinema, it was called "The Martyns"
Today, it is called "The Martins". Only a solitary "Bob Martyn" appearance in the cast list confirmed to me that I wasn't losing my memory.

Maybe it is for American audiences, who most likely also have the film subtitled?

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This film is a must for everyone. I enjoy Lee Evans' stand up, but was a little sceptical about how he would appear on the big screen. Read more
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