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Goodbye Charlie Bright [2001]
from Cinema Club
starring Nick Love, Paul Nicholls, Danny Dyer, Dani Behr

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• Anamorphic
• PAL
• Widescreen

Editorial Review:

Goodbye Charlie Bright, Nick Love's 2001 rites of passage drama about a teenage group of petty criminals in a steaming South London summer, was never going to be a massive box-office hit. But it might prove to be a rather significant piece in the long run. If Paul Nicholls' star continues to rise as anticipated, it may well come to be seen as the film which first revealed his genuine potential as a big screen actor. The former Eastenders heartthrob turns in a fine, sensitive performance as Charlie, gradually realising that he has to find a way to escape the constraints of the life that is shaping up in front of him.

However, this isn't solely a Nicholls vehicle. Roland Manookian is outstanding as Justin, the dangerous, troubled companion for whom Charlie is the only source of stability. There's another good cameo from the ever-reliable Phil Daniels as an unbalanced Falklands veteran who becomes the catalyst for the rupture in their relationship and Charlie's escape. Other familiar faces cropping up include two more Eastenders veterans Nicola Stapleton and Edna Doré, and television presenter Dani Behr who is particularly good as the nurse Charlie befriends. The story is slight, but between them, partly thanks to Love's tight direction and script, the actors in Goodbye Charlie Bright generate a rather haunting little tragicomedy with moments of real pathos which deserves a long shelf life. --Piers Ford

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• RAW AND PASSIONATE
  I LOVED THIS FILM. I THINK NICK LOVE IS A TALENT IN WHAT HE DOES. HE'S VERY CLEVER WITH HAVING A MORAL AND MESSAGE, BUT STILL PROVIDED THE WONDERFUL EPRESSIONS OF 'LAD CUTLTURE AND EXCESSES.' I LOVE THIS FILM, AS IT WAS NICKS DEBUT IN THE FEATURE LENGTH ARENA, AND BECUASE OF THAT IT MAKES IT RAW AND FROM A YOUNG FILM MAKERS HEART. THE STORYLINE IS GREAT AS THERE'S NOT MUCH OF ONE IF THAT MAKES SENSE! ITS JUST THE TRUE LIFE WAY OF LADS ON A COUCIL ESTATE THAT DON'T HAVE MUCH TO DO, AND A STORY OF SOMEONE... more info

• Everyone involved is at their very best
  I had seen this film before, but it was only on seeing it again recently (after being told it was filmed not far from me on the Cambridge Road estate in Kingston, Surrey, standing in for Millwall territory) that I realise just how good it is.
  Director Nick Love went on to do 'The Football Factory' and 'The Business', both of which were more obvious crowd-pleasers also exploring some of this film's central themes to some extent, but you can't help feeling that what he made up in audiences with his later... more info

• Promising, but not a masterpiece
  I watched this film expecting it to be a bit of a coming-of-age / gangster / dark comedy film. And it was a bit of all three.
  This is one of those films which I felt could have been so good, but it settled for second best by trying to be cool.
  The main strength of the film lies in the warmth between the main characters, and although they come from an area where image is everything, they weren't afraid to open up to each other within their small circle.
  Maybe it's just because I'm a... more info

• GRIPPING
  A magnificent movie starring DANNY DYER who is brilliant as always and surely the best British ACTOR since Ray Winstone.
  The film is better than LOCK STOCK and more pacy and punchy than Get Carter.
  I look forward to seeing this movie gaining the MERIT and PRAISE that it deserves.
  A British classic up there with Four Weddings and The Italian Job.
  I look forward to the next Danny Dyer - he will be BRILLIANT as Harry Harris in the bigscreen version of the gangster novel TILL DEATH US DO... more info

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