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Synopsis
A man who wants to give his family the good things in life decides to start stealing them in this dark comedy from England. Robert Martin (Lee Evans) is a working-class loser -- or at least he might be working-class if he had a job -- who is obsessed with entering contests, certain a big prize will finally make its way to him. Robert has entered a sweepstakes hoping to win an all-expenses-paid vacation on the Isle of Man, and when a well-off couple (Barbara Leigh-Hunt and Frank Finlay) are declared the winners, Robert concludes he deserves the prize far more than they do, and decides to simply take it away from them. Martin packs up his long-suffering wife, Angie (Kathy Burke); his strident mother-in-law (Linda Bassett); his 14-year-old daughter, Katie (Terri Dumont), who happens to be pregnant; and his surprisingly well-adjusted eight-year-old son, Little Bob (Eric Byrne), and they head off for the nightmare vacation of a lifetime. Ray Winstone and Mark Strong also appear in the supporting cast. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide


Production Crew

Richard Hartley Composer (Music Score)
Tony Grounds Director
Bruce Davey Producer
Dixie Linder Producer
Greg Brenman Producer
Tony Grounds Screenwriter
Year: 2001
Runtime: 82
Country: UK
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature


Produced by
Icon Productions
Isle of Man Film Commission
Tiger Aspect Pictures

Release
by Icon Productions