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The Calcium Kid [DVD] [2004]
 
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The Calcium Kid [DVD] [2004]

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3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Mark Heap, Michael Lerner, Ronni Ancona, Michael Peña, Julian Zapata
  • Directors: Alex De Rakoff
  • Writers: Alex De Rakoff, Derek Boyle, Raymond Friel
  • Producers: Eric Fellner, Jacquie Glanville, Natascha Wharton, Richard Johns
  • Format: Anamorphic, PAL
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 4 Front Video
  • DVD Release Date: 5 Jun 2006
  • Run Time: 86 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0002SD0DE
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 20,041 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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A British 'mockumentary' comedy, sees Orlando Bloom playing a young milkman named Jimmy. Jimmy Connelly is quite happy in his job as a milkman and will hopefully one day become the regional manager for Express Milk Dairies. Jimmy is also a keen amateur boxer and trains regularly at his local gym. His life is about to take a bizarre turn when he acidentally puts Pete Wright- Britain's World title contender, out of action during a sparring session. Not being able to find a replacement, the twist of events ends up with Jimmy fighting the World champion in his home town. 'The Calcium Kid' becomes Britain's great hope - but can he stand up to a terrifying World champion?

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Humour-Good fun, 26 Sep 2005
By J. Rogers (South East) - See all my reviews
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to be honest I was more or less forced into watching this film otherwise wouldnt of given it a second glance after reading the blurb on the back of the DVD. how wrong I was, there are loads of funny scenes and cheesy lines but it works and is funny pritty much throughout. the story as it isn't exaclty challenging but thats not to much to the point, the comedy value and entertainment make it a must see in my opinion. The guy out of tv shows green wing and big train is hilarious as the voice over for the documentary aswell. Orlando Bloom plays his character pritty well and in general the performances are very good.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars very funny movie, 11 Sep 2004
I saw this one on sale in my local tesco store, looking at the cover i thought this was going to be another rubbish movie. How wrong i was. This is the funniest movie that i have seen all year.

Right from the start to the end, this is a laugh. The jokes are well written and excecuted by the actors perfectly. The movie tells the story of jimmy the local milkman, who accidently lands himself into a world title boxing match. He has only 7 days to prepare for the fight.

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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The Calcium Kid, 8 Sep 2004
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i thought that this was a pretty average film but is original in the fact that it is a spoof-doctumentary, which to be honest did put me off watching it at first. it is about a jimmy, a boxer who ends up fighting against the world's champion boxer in his hometown.
i think that this is a fairly funny film in which orlando bloom as the main character shines in but his love interest angel(billie piper) still needs to brush up on her acting skills but is still very good in the film and beautiful and it is easy to believe that jimmy really likes her.
overall this is, in my opinion a fun film that is not to be taken seriously.
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