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Looking for Eric
Directed by
Ken Loach
Not Rated
2009
1h 56m
Drama
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Comedy
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7.1
84%
78%
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Eric, a football fanatic postman whose life is descending into crisis, receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Éric Cantona.
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Cast of Looking for Eric
Éric Cantona
Self
Steve Evets
Eric Bishop
Stephanie Bishop
Lily
John Henshaw
Meatballs
Gerard Kearns
Ryan
Stefan Gumbs
Jess
Lucy-Jo Hudson
Sam
Justin Moorhouse
Spleen
Matthew McNulty
Young Eric
Smug Roberts
Smug
Mick Ferry
Judge
Max Beesley Snr
Eric's Father
Steve Marsh
Zac
Ryan Pope
Fenner
Cleveland Campbell
Buzz
Laura Ainsworth
Young Lily
Julie Brown
Nurse
Des Sharples
Jack
Greg Cook
Monk
Johnny Travis
Travis
Kelly Bowland
Ryan's Girlfriend
Adam Beresford
The Emperors of Rhythm
Ken Loach
Director
Paul Laverty
Writer
Gerardo Herrero
Producer
Looking for Eric Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
[A] well-meaning misfire.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
The film feels a little slow at times, but its characters always seem real, and the final scene is genuinely heartwarming...
Film.com
Jonathan F. Richards
The motley crew of buddies, played by a passel of Manchester stand-up comedians, is a distinctive and amusing lot, and Evets does a great job in the lead
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
Loach strains hard for fun in Looking for Eric, but he's like a jokester who doesn't know how to tell a joke.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
Looking for Eric emerges as a portrait of a world and a way of life.
Detroit News
Tom Long
Looking for Eric is a pleasant surprise -- somehow both ambitious and easygoing, funny and worrisome.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
At times it falls flat, or fails to rise. More often than not, though, it's a heartbreaker.
Los Angeles Times
Betsy Sharkey
Cantona, whose five-year run with United ended with his unexpected retirement in 1997, plays himself with a self-deprecating charm that is hard to resist, and Evets, a hardscrabble actor who's knocked around for years, is unforgettable...
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
Beginning in grim kitchen-sink territory, the movie gets lighter and goofier as it goes, and if it's a bit of a mess, it's also a pick-me-up that suggests how hard and how rewarding it can be to set a life back on course.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Cantona, big and bearded, is a genial Gallic guru. It's hard not to be swayed by his optimism, his sagacity, his generosity. And the optimism and generosity of Loach's film.
Philadelphia City Paper
Sam Adams
Returns Loach to the heights of Riff-Raff and Raining Stones, winning stories of working-class life whose politics were integrated rather than smeared on top.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
Loach can't resolve this picture's contradictory impulses, but he has made the most entertaining sports film in a while. And I didn't know Cantona from a can of gray English peas.
New York Times
A.O. Scott
And the film's riotous climax deftly turns grim social realism into action-slapstick revenge farce. Not something Mr. Loach has tried before, and something he turns out to do rather well.
New York Post
Kyle Smith
A mashup of Nick Hornby and Martin Scorsese? Why not?
Movieline
Stephanie Zacharek
Loach is trying to be jaunty here, and every once in a while his efforts pay off.
AV Club
Scott Tobias
A wispy little comedy that uses fantasy to gloss over even the darkest and most intractable problems.
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman
It's a kitchen sink full of dirty dishes that don't match.
Observer
Rex Reed
It's about low-rent failures who survive by finding optimism through humor and friendship. It's uneven, but its optimistic message -- lost causes can find strength through friendship and bonding -- is contagious.
Slant Magazine
Joseph Jon Lanthier
Ken Loach worms beneath sooty surroundings to examine the dreamy undercurrent of idealism that facilitates conflict in his Thatcher-ized milieu.
The Hollywood Reporter
Ray Bennett
"Looking for Eric" should connect with moviegoers who enjoy clever comic writing with a touch of fantasy plus fans of any sport that has legendary heroes. It looks set to be Loach's biggest mainstream hit.
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