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Little Voice

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Little Voice (1998)

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Reviews Counted:34

Fresh:29

Rotten:5

Average Rating:7.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Dramas

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: In a dreary English seaside town, one of it's timid inhabitants, known as LV (Little Voice), mourns over her dead father and obsesses over his record collection by singing along to his favorite... In a dreary English seaside town, one of it's timid inhabitants, known as LV (Little Voice), mourns over her dead father and obsesses over his record collection by singing along to his favorite performers. Her rare talents for emulating the dulcet tones of Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe, and Shirley Bassey are soon discovered by her dominant mother's boyfriend, a small-time showbiz agent. Their attempts to propel her to stardom are at first successful when the local town gets to see her perform. However, LV is soon wise to their selfish intentions and withdraws from performing again, thus forcing an emotional showdown between the three. [More]

Starring: Jane Horrocks, Brenda Blethyn, Michael Caine, Ewan McGregor

Starring: Jane Horrocks, Brenda Blethyn, Michael Caine, Ewan McGregor, Jim Broadbent

Director: Mark Herman

Director: Mark Herman
Screenwriter: Mark Herman
Producer: Elizabeth Karlsen
Composer: John Altman
Producer: Nik Powell

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Despite many good scenes of whimsy, humor, and pathos, not to mantion great mimicry of Garland, Dietrich, and others, the movie is trying to do too much and the last reel is weak, contrived and burdened with a fake romance and upbeat ending.

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Derek Elley
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Little Voice is based on Jim Cartwright's play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, which premiered in 1992 at the National Theatre in London.

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03/28/06
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10/14/04
Dragan Antulov
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has the same semi-whimsical and semi-earthy tone as director Mark Herman's 'Brassed Off.' The last quarter of the story, however, seems strangely out of sync with the mostly bubbly set-up.

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07/03/03
James Sanford
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05/20/03
Leonard Schwarz
Leonard Schwarz
Palo Alto Weekly

Rises to... delirious heights with Horrocks' performance.

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