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Leanne BestNeve McIntoshJosh BoltLiza Tarbuck
DIRECTOR
Bruce Webb
SYNOPSICS
The Be All and End All (2009) is a English movie. Bruce Webb has directed this movie. Leanne Best,Neve McIntosh,Josh Bolt,Liza Tarbuck are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2009. The Be All and End All (2009) is considered one of the best Comedy,Drama movie in India and around the world.
At fifteen, Robbie has only one thing on his mind - losing his virginity. The problem is that he's in hospital with a fatal heart condition. And who has to overcome the odds and help him fulfill his final wish? His best friend Ziggy.
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an extremely funny movie
I saw the film at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and I count it among the best films screened there. The movie portrays a teenager who realizes he suffers from a terminal illness and his last wish is to lose his virginity. Since it deals with a sensitive issue of a teenager's death, the movie might have easily inclined to melodrama. However, "The Be All and End All" is far from any of this. The emotions remain covered under sharp teenage talk which is extremely authentic (which is even enhanced by their Liverpool accent). Both young actors are marvelous. Overall, the movie is extremely funny but still giving a true picture of the teenagers - unlike some of the blockbuster teenage comedies you can see these days. If you liked the movie "Juno" with its real-life characters, you are going to like "The Be All and End All", as well. I definitely recommend that you see this movie.
Liverpudlian Humour in a time of sadness
THE BE ALL AND END ALL is a British comedy from Director Bruce Webb, about a couple of 15 year old school lads from Liverpool who go on holiday to a holiday caravan site, and one of the lads Robbie Wallace (played by Josh Bolt) develops a serious heart condition, and he is rushed into hospital to discover that the condition is fatal and he doesn't have long to live. On hearing about the seriousness of his condition – Robbie is absolutely determined not to die a virgin, and pleads with his best friend Ziggy (played admirably by Eugene Hughes) to ensure that he will help him with his final wish to get laid with many disastrous (and funny) consequences along the way . This is a film full of "Liverpudlian" humour and can be quite funny (and also a bit crass on occasions) There are some able performances by other cast members also – namely Neve McIntosh who plays Ziggy's Mum Kate, Liza Tarbuck who plays Ward Nurse Tina, Bryony Seth as Sophie and Connor McIntyre who plays Robbie's Dad. I liked, and recommend THE BE ALL AND END ALL although it should be said that some of this film works and some doesn't it's a bit like the emotions of the Robbie and Ziggy swinging from humour in their escapades to the sadness with regards to the shadow of a terminal illness which at times threatens to tear their relationship apart
A marvelous, good-hearted comedy(minor spoilers ahead).
I had the good fortune to attend a world premiere tonight at the Chicago International Film Festival. I had no idea when I bought the ticket that it was a world premiere, nor did I know anything about the film other than what I could glean from the festival's summary. But this is the kind of film you go to a festival to find. It's a small, deeply felt, honest, and thoroughly engrossing movie about matters at the core of life. "The Be All And End All" is a very funny comedy, which is fairly amazing considering that it involves us in a story that from a distance we wouldn't find funny at all. It finds emotional payoffs without being too formulaic, and it gives you characters you care about. The plot summary may well convince some people they wouldn't want to see this film, and this story may hit too much of a nerve at times for some. It's the story of a teenage boy from Liverpool, Robbie Wallace(Josh Bolt) who is diagnosed with a fatal illness, and decides that his last wish, what he wants most in the world, is to have sex. He is a teenage boy, after all. Naturally, he can't ask the medical establishment or his parents to help him with his wish, but his best mate Ziggy(Eugene Byrne) is determined to help his mate, in his words, "go out with a bang." As you may guess, arranging the details of this tryst prove rather difficult. It's hard enough being a teenage boy and wanting to ask a girl in your class out to a movie-- imagine trying to set this up, and you'll have some empathy for Ziggy's predicament. In a less-intelligent movie, we'd only focus on the kids, and the hilarity of sexual misadventures, and we'd get an exercise in funny bad taste. Here, though, even with the current of sorrow that runs throughout the film, what we get is a joy. We can see that Ziggy really would go this far for his best friend, not simply because of the strength of Eugene Byrne's remarkable performance(according to the director, this kid has never acted before), but because the story gives us real insight into his life at home-- his father walked out on his family years ago, while he and his mother have reached that point nearly every teenage boy reaches with his mother at some point where neither talks to the other well about anything. We see the pain Robbie's parents are going through, not through long, histrionic scenes, but with looks, silences, bad choices, and one genuinely shocking moment of emotional explosion. We can see the decency in a children's ward nurse(Liza Tarbuck) who learns what's going on pretty quickly, and has decisions to make on exactly what she can allow. In short, we get a movie we can believe in, one that makes us laugh and moves us in equal measure. I hope this film gets a wide release, and I hope it finds the wider audience it deserves. I was grateful to see it.
Wow...this movie is conflicting
Let me get one thing out of the way early on: I really did like this movie. I know a lot of Americans don't really get British humor (outside of Monty Python) and I really think that's a shame. But I'll admit this movie muddles the waters even further for some with it's relatively seamless transitions from melancholy to humor. As a basic premise it seems sound; a dying 15 year old boy has one final wish: to get laid once in his life. And who better to help him carry that wish out than his best friend? Seems like a good set up for some wacky hijinks, no? Well...that's kind of the problem. Remember, the kid's dying. There's a lot to explore there that's not at all funny. So while the film does deliver on some of the humorous aspects of a teenager's search for some action (on behalf of a bedridden friend, no less), much of that humor gets overshadowed by the weight of the situation. Plus, the film often attempts to transition between humorous and heartfelt a little too quickly. It's hard to laugh at something immediately after the main characters get soul-crushingly bad news. That said, for those who like a little something different and are tired of the usual teenage sex comedy, this might be just the thing. Sure, it's more than a little dark, but it lends some weight to the story in the end.
A beautiful film about love and friendship.
This extraordinary film about the bonds of friendship hits you right in the heart. When 15 year old Robbie is hospitalised with a terminal illness, his final wish is to lose his virginity before he dies. Best mate Ziggy is charged with sorting out 'who' and 'how'. This could easily have deteriorated into crude and insensitive titillation, but director Bruce Webb expertly navigates the fine line between humour and tragedy, taking us on a journey that will move you to tears one minute and laughter the next. The two young leads deliver powerful and very believable performances in a film that manages to entertain, move and leave you feeling warm inside. Highly recommended.