Looking For Eric (DVD)

The Star...Eric Cantona! Genre...'Dromedy' (drama-comedy) Suited for....Adults With the postal strike depressing us all right now then why not a topical film about a depressed postman to cheer us all up, 'Looking for Eric', directed by the rebellious director Ken Loach, certainly one to lift some of your anxieties if your waiting on your student loan cheque or hoping your credit card payment made it. This is great stuff and I now have a clear front runner for the Best British film of the year to just edge The Dammned United, the BAFTAs sure to embrace this delightful mix of humour and poignant comment on the male mid-life crisis. Not only ...  Read the complete review

Looking For Eric - DVD Directed by: Ken Loach Year - 2009 Running time: approx 116 minutes Certificate: 15 'Orse went t bar - bar-man said why the long face?' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Two brass monkeys for the budget of this English cinematic experience, several lets get the local bar in on the act scenes, a run-down house full of wood-worm tiny cubby-holes and dirty sheets, a washed-up ex-Manchester legend feeling his way around Socrates, not the Brazilian Soccer star. A load of best mates with semi funny gaffs, and there you have it a Director Ken Loach in his local pub watching Sky Sports. This is so ...  Read the complete review

Bitter-sweet: two words that could almost have been invented for Director Ken Loach, and he's not a man about to buck the trend which has gained him significant critical (if not necessarily commercial) success over the years. His latest, Looking for Eric, is probably one of his more accessible films. It examines the life of a depressed and lonely postman, Eric; a man on the verge of a nervous breakdown who starts to put his life back together following some coaching from his hero and Manchester United football legend Eric Cantona. That might not sound "accessible" or a barrel of laughs, but in common with many other Loach films, it's well worth your ...  Read the complete review

Film only review. Looking For Eric is a 2009 British movie from legendary director Ken Loach. It stars Steve Evets and Eric Cantona and is set in Manchester. PLOT Steve Evets plays a twice married postman named Eric whose life has been steadily falling apart around him for many years. Regrets over his inadvertent failure to make his first marriage to his sweetheart Lily work despite his undying love for her along with the torment he is made to suffer at the hands of the stepsons he has ended up being lumbered with from his second marriage drive Eric to his lowest ebb. After being hospitalised due to a car crash caused by ...  Read the complete review

Looking for Eric is the latest movie from long time English director Ken Loach and written by Paul Laverty. The film revolves around two characters called Eric (Bishop and Cantona), almost like some kind of little and large double act. Manchester Postman Eric Bishop is on the rebound from two failed marriages, his head is all over the place and he's on the verge of a mental breakdown. Now living with his two step sons from marriage number two, who are getting more and more involved with criminal behaviour. His daughter from his first marriage now has a daughter of her own (his granddaughter) and due to babysitting arrangements his life is forced to cross over ...  Read the complete review