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Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   1,804 votes
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Director:
Ken Loach
Writer:
Paul Laverty (screenplay)
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Release Date:
27 May 2009 (France) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Sport more
Plot:
Eric a football fanatic postman whose life is descending in to crisis receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Eric Cantona. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Lots of Laughs more (19 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Steve Evets ... Eric Bishop
Eric Cantona ... Eric
Stephanie Bishop ... Lily

Gerard Kearns ... Ryan

Stefan Gumbs ... Jess
Lucy-Jo Hudson ... Sam
Cole Williams ... Daisy
Dylan Williams ... Daisy

Matthew McNulty ... Young Eric
Laura Ainsworth ... Young Lily
Max Beesley ... Eric's Father (as Maxton Beesley)
Kelly Bowland ... Ryan's Girlfriend
Julie Brown ... Nurse

John Henshaw ... Meatballs
Justin Moorhouse ... Spleen
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Il mio amico Eric (Italy)
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Runtime:
116 min
Language:
English | French
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Company:
BIM more

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The short film I Dream of Zinedine Zidane (2005) directed by Tim Gee precedes Looking for Eric at elected theaters. It also deals with one man's obsession with a footballer. more

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Lots of Laughs, 10 June 2009
8/10
Author: hopek-1 from United Kingdom

I found this film extremely good fun. The plot was a little surreal, but it held you. The acting was excellent and there were lots of laughs. Cantona acquits himself perfectly respectably. As usual with Ken Loach, there was a bleaker side to the fun and the realities of ordinary people's lives were not glossed over or "prettied up". As is also the case with Loach films, one had the sensation that this was not being "acted" by professional luvvies, but conveyed with sincerity. This must be extremely difficult to achieve and I am full of admiration for the skill involved. Manchester United fans and other football followers will enjoy some of the documentary footage. But this is not just a film for football enthusiasts. I thoroughly recommend it.

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