Little Voice (1999)

Jane Horrocks finally has the chance to recreate her much lauded stage role of Little Voice on the big screen. For a while the part, created for her by writer Jim Cartwright, looked like it might land in the lap of Gwyneth Paltrow, who Miramax favoured to give the film an inter-national appeal. But it's very hard to imagine anyone else taking the role, with Horrocks turning in an incredible performance as she grows from a shy mouse who can barely whisper "Hello" into a singing diva. This is her film. And that's despite knock-out performances from the rest of the talented cast.

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