An A&R man working at the height of the Britpop music craze goes to extremes in order to find his next hit.An A&R man working at the height of the Britpop music craze goes to extremes in order to find his next hit.An A&R man working at the height of the Britpop music craze goes to extremes in order to find his next hit.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Thomas Conroy
- Clubber
- (uncredited)
Alex Gillison
- Gunter
- (as Alexander Gillison)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- GoofsThe film is set in 1997. Stelfox is standing outside the 'Eventim Apollo' (A.K.A. The Hammersmith Odeon). A sign on the building can be seen saying Eventim Apollo, when this film is set the venue was called 'Hammersmith Apollo' it has changed hands several times and did not become the Eventim Apollo until 7th of September 2013.
- Quotes
[last lines]
James Trellick: What is the meaning of life?
Darren: [as Steven is about to answer] To drive your enemies before you and hear the lamentations of their women.
- Crazy creditsIn the fine print at the end of the credits, it says "No animals or A&R persons were harmed in the making of this film."
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Featured review
Moments of brilliance
I loved the book. The book is laugh-out-loud funny. The problem with this cinematic adaptation is that there are only a few laugh-out-loud moments. Tone is the problem. The opening sets up the tone as dark and unpleasant and the main character as thoroughly unlikeable. We have to spend an hour and a half with this guy? It's like having to sit beside a racist drunk on a night bus. But it's hard to not like Nicholas Hoult (and the scathing honesty of his character) and the film did grow on me - perhaps like a tumour. There are moments of brilliance and a few great lines (no pun intended) but ultimately the buzz doesn't quite feel worth it.
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- melmoth1972
- Nov 9, 2015
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $533,147
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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