Lucky Break3

Lucky Break

How do you follow up The Full Monty? Tentatively, judging from Peter Cattaneo's enjoyable but unambitious second feature. For starters, the similarities are just a little too strong: social conscience and murky lighting rubbing shoulders with feelgood humour and bursts of hope; an ensemble cast plucked from Britain's finest, with the focus falling on a band of five guys, their charismatic leader and a climactic performance which dominates the film, its looming presence allowing for the rehearsal scenes that provide much of the comedy...

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  • UK Theatrical Release Date: Aug 24th 2001
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