Looking For Eric (DVD) Reviews

Looking for Eric has been billed as an excellent drama/comedy Directed by Ken Loach and the reviews here have suggested likewise, I'd actually avoided most of the recommendations until I finally decided to give in and have a look. I was intrigued to see how the iconic Eric Cantona would play second-fiddle to Steve Evets whose CV of bit ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

Looking for Eric is directed by Ken Loach and is a film that I really enjoyed, it was a little quirky but also an ngrossing film to watch and one I would certainly recommend. The central character in the film is Eric Bishop, played by Steve Evets who works as a postman in Manchester (in real life he would spend half the ilm on strike) ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

Ken Loach directs this black comedy movie LOOKING FOR ERIC. The plot focuses on a man called Eric Bishop played by Steve Evets who is a postman with lots of personal issues and is a Manchester United supporter. He finds it difficult raising his teenage stepchildren and is battling against depression. Eric drifts through life and nothing ...  Read the complete review

I wasn't sure what to expect from Looking for Eric, but I didn't know much about it when I was lucky enough to see it at the cinema. To tell you that it is about Eric Cantona is unhelpful maybe, but to tell you that it's about a helpless and messed up single father in Gorton may suggest a film more depressing than it is. Certainly, it starts off ...  Read the complete review

I must admit I was a bit sceptic about this film before I went to see it. It usually never goes down well when sports superstar tries to start a film career but how I was wrong... SO WRONG! This film is not portentious, it's realistic, it's not grim (like a lot of Loach films) It's heartwarming, it's not mawkish or sentimental, it's just ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

If you were lucky enough to have Looking for Eric show at your local cinema for even a day, it was certainly worth checking out. Considering it only aired in Cannes about a month ago, it was surprising that it came out in UK cinemas so quickly, even if the release was very limited. Still, I warn you, it's not just a film about football ...  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 ...  Read the complete review

I've been an admirer of Ken Loach's work ever since Riff Raff, the story of building site workers in London, and I've gone to see every one of his thought-provoking and insightful films on every release. This latest offering will take fans of his work by surprise, because while there's social commentary aplenty, there's little in the ...  Read the complete review

Film only review When depressed postman Eric is forced to come face to face with the woman he abandoned thirty years earlier, his already fragile mental state takes a turn for the worse. Eric lives with his two step sons from his second marriage but his second wife is long gone, leaving Eric to look after the two idle tearaways who have ...  Read the complete review