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Blackball [2003]
 
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Blackball [2003]
DVD ~ Paul Kaye|James Cromwell|Alice Evans
3.8 out of 5 stars  (6 customer reviews)
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Product details
  • Actors: Paul Kaye|James Cromwell|Alice Evans
  • Directors: Mel Smith
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 ( DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Warner Home Video (Icon)
  • DVD Release Date: 16 Feb 2004
  • Run Time: 93 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  (6 customer reviews)
  • DVD Features:
    • Main Language: English
    • Commentary - 1. Mel Smith - Director
    • Cast & Crew Interviews
    • Trailers
    • TV Spots
  • ASIN: B0000BK6T5
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 14,319 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)
    (Studios: Improve Your Sales)

Reviews
Amazon.co.uk Review
Blackball marks the feature debut of Paul Kaye, who spins a somewhat more likeable variation on his arrogant Perfect World TV persona in this underdog-triumphs-over-adversity comedy. Set, like Fawlty Towers, in the holiday resort of Torquay, and echoing the small-town seaside pettiness of Tony Hancock's The Punch and Judy Man (1963), Blackball is as bitterly class conscious as either, with Kaye as a working-class, potentially world-champion bowler with an enormous chip on his shoulder. Written by Tim Firth (the man also responsible for 2003's Calendar Girls), the film seems unsure what it wants to be, aiming potshots at the corrupting influence of big money TV deals and commercial tie-ins on traditional values, while simultaneously trampling on those very values by celebrating the repugnant antics of Kaye's MTV-generation angry young sportsman.

Director Mel Smith eventually swamps any satiric intent under a full slate of feel-good comedy clichés, though he does win fine performances from James Cromwell and Bernard Cribbins as Kaye's proud nemesis and kindly uncle respectively. While parts of the script involving their back stories seems to have been left on the cutting room floor, the restrained dignity these two elder statesmen bring to their roles speaks volumes about changes in attitudes between the generations. Consistently amusing, though too predictable to be hilarious, Blackball features strong support from Vince Vaughn, Johnny Vegas, Imelda Staunton and Alice Evans. Stephen Warbeck's score really elevates proceedings once the product-placed rock soundtrack stands aside. --Gary S Dalkin

Special Features
Director's Commentary
Cast and Crew Interviews
Trailers and TV Spots
Subtitles: English, English and English HOH
Aspect ratio: 16:9

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