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The Martins (2001)
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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
Cast
Lorraine Ashbourne
Linda Bassett
Lee Evans
Frank Finlay
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Jack Shepherd
Kathy Burke
Mark Strong
Ray Winstone
Lennie James
Paddy Considine
Eric Byrne
Terri Dumont
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
© 2009 Spout LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide.