Jevon O'Neill's directorial debut, Bob's Weekend, tells the story of Bob (Bruce Jones), who travels to Blackpool looking to end his life. He has been sacked by his tyrannical boss (Brian Glover) and his wife (Anna Jaskolka) is having an affair.
But Blackpool (also the setting of recent Britpics Funny Bones and Bhaji on the Beach) turns out to be full of surprises. A series of unlikely encounters ensue, which owe as much to Kafka as to Capra, and Bob discovers new hope.
O'Neill has managed to gather together a cast of well-known faces, led by Jones, the hero of Ken Loach's Raining Stones. While Bob's Weekend borders on the surreal, not a quality normally associated with Loach, it shares with that great director a desire to find redemption (and humour) amid despair. Nick Thomas
Prod co: Erinfilm Prod
Prod/Dir: Jevon O'Neill
Scr: Jayson Rothwell, Jevon O'Neill
Ph: Roy D Smith
Ed: Nick Thompson
Cast: Bruce Jones, Brian Glover, Ricky Tomlinson, Anna Jaskolka
Running time: 93 mins
Screenings: Saturday 9 November, 13.15, Odeon West End 1; Sunday 10 November, 21.00, NFT1 (The Observer Spotlight on Sunday)
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