Wide Blue Yonder 2012

5.0 / 10   4 vote(s)
Drama Comedy

An anti-authority rogue in an old folks' home breaks all the rules and causes mayhem honoring his friend's dying wish to be buried at sea.

Release Date 2012-05-25
Runtime 1h 29m
Directors Robert Young, Svein Krøvel
Producers John Cairns, Stephen Cranny, Erik Disch, Bjorg Veland, Robert Young
Writer Hugh Janes

For reasons that are not immediately clear, this has only just (in 2019) had a release at cinemas in the UK and to be honest, it isn't really a cinema film. The comedic performances by Brian Cox are all the more appreciable because they are so unlike anything he has done elsewhere; his dancing around in his underwear (and we are not talking Calvin Klein, here!) cannot help but make you smile. Otherwise it is a gentle old-age rebellion film with occasional appearances by Lauren Bacall with James Fox making for a decent, if rather typecast, foil to Cox. Ideal for telly between Christmas and New Year to make you feel good.

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