There's Only One Jimmy Grimble (DVD) Reviews

PASS THE BALL JIMMMMMMAY!! Jimmy Grimble is a film I have watched over and over again and yet if I were to watch it again right now I would enjoy it just as much. One of the reasons why I have watched it so many times as it was filmed at the school I have attended for the past 6 years! Whenever the oppurtunity arises to watch this film ...  Read the complete review

Jimmy Grimble, what a legend. An extremely good british film that follows the struggles of the low self esteemed Jimmy whos luck in life changes both on and off the footy field as the film progresses. The film may atract a slightly younger crowd but it is a good family and does not just focus on reality but fantasy and the way it can affect your ...  Read the complete review

MANN-CHIS-TAH!!! If you've ever spent any time at all there you'll understand exactly what the title means - to be a Man City fan - a simple, innocent, masochistic, naive Blue - in a City like that, where all the brains get theirselves down to Old Trafford, where the prawn sucking, bloated, arrogant, smug bastard Big Nobs turn ...  Read the complete review

I don't like football (okay don't throw eggs at me!) but I loved There's Only One Jimmy Grimble. WHAT'S IT ABOUT? Jimmy Grimble is an ordinary lad living in Manchester. He longs to be the kid at school that gets picked for the football team first rather than as a sub. He is bullied on a regular basis by a David ...  Read the complete review

This film is meant to be a "feel-good", low-budget British based film. It is all that to a tee. You can see not a lot of money has been spent on the film, because of all the humble surroundings that the film is set around. The film has lots of connections with Manchester. Jimmy Grimble, himself, supports Manchester City, whereas ...  Read the complete review

It is great. Lewis McKenzie who plays Jimmy is a brilliant little actor and I think we can all relate to this character to at least some extent... especially if you come from Manchester as I do. I almost don't want to tell you the story because it will spoil it - I knew nothing about it before I watched it and I was glad. ...  Read the complete review

...the rest is cruising! "There's Only One Jimmy Grimble" - the title does the film absolutely no favours. A tedious and cumbersome label for what is in fact a lively and captivating modern fairytale. Jimmy Grimble is miserable. He's bullied, cowed and about to lose his mother to a pretentious Harley-riding ...  Read the complete review

This film is basically just a modern remake of Billy's Boots. It works ok too. Whilst I can understand why Robert Carlyle and Ray Winstone were chosen as they are star names,surely theres enough talented manchester actors who'd be far more convincing in the role. Englands greatest living actor Chris Eccleston for instance, and John ...  Read the complete review

This excellent entertaining British film is about a young boy called Jimmy. He is bullied at school but has a natural talent for football. Unfortunately this talent never appears when someone is watching him ....until the day he is goes on as a substitute wearing his magic boots. All goes well until his boots go missing and he stops believing in ...  Read the complete review

Every so often British movies are released in different ways. Some are released with a bang, whereas others only appear with a whimper. ‘There’s Only One Jimmy Grimble’ falls into the latter category, which is a shame, as there are worse films on release at the moment. It stars Lewis McKenzie as the eponymous hero, a ...  Read the complete review

Ever seen a movie that is so 'feel-good', or corny and stupid, that it makes you feel physically sick? Well I did, There's Only One Jimmy Grimble tries to do what British film makers have been trying to do well for the last 40 years, a make a football movie. But this isn't just a football movie, it's about Jimmy the 15 year old ...  Read the complete review

Set in a very grim version of Manchester this is a modern day fairy tale involving a young Manchester City supporter ( Jimmy Grimble ) and the problems he faces at home and at school. At school he is bullied by a hard core of Manchester United followers, whilst at home he has to cope with his mothers taste in boyfriends. He ...  Read the complete review

As I hate football I only went to see this film because my daughter had tickets to the preview at Warner Village Cinemas. The story of a football fan Jimmy (Lewis McKenzie) who believes that he cannot play football But believes life would be fantastic if he was a great football player. Jimmy is the frequent target of the school bullies ...  Read the complete review