Tuesday 28th June 2011
Director: Tom Hunsinger, Neil Hunter
Year: 2007
Stars: Shaun Evans, Bob Hoskins, Stockard Channing, Amanda Ryan, Lesley Manville, Anthony Head
I have no idea why I recorded this. Presumably I'd seen a good review for the movie in a TV guide. Admittedly I ended up watching it nearly a year after I recorded it, so it's probably no surprise that I don't remember why I recorded it. However, I also knew basically nothing about the film. I only ended up watching it because Dan picked it, deciding it sounded like it might be good.
Well, Sparkle is basically all about Sam (Shaun Evans), and his relationships with Sheila (Channing), Kate (Ryan), Vince (Hoskins) and his mother (Manville). To say more would give away most of the plot.
This is a movie that could easily have turned into British melodrama. It is a very British film with very British humour, but if you get that sort of humour, this is a funny, gentle, sweet comedy - worth a watch.
Rating: 3.5 out of 5
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