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Synopsis: Eric Bishop, a middle-aged postman working for the Manchester sorting office, is going through a dreadful crisis. For starters, his second life companion has not resurfaced although she was released from prison a few months ago. He is left alone with two stepsons to look after, which is no bed of roses since the two teens disrespect him and keep disobeying him. To make matters worse, Ryan, the older boy, fascinated by Zac, a dangerous gangster, has accepted to hide his gun in Eric's house. On the other hand, he is asked by Sam, his student daughter who has a newborn baby, to get back in touch with Lily, his separated wife. Now, Eric left her not long after she gave back to their daughter. As a result Eric panics... Having lost all his bearings, Eric Bishop soliloquizes face to the poster of his idol, another Eric, French footballer Eric Cantona, when the latter appears just like the genie out of Aladdin's lamp. Through a series of aphorisms peculiar to him, the footballer-philosopher w
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Director(s): Ken Loach
Production: IFC Films
  3 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
66
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
NOT RATED
Year:
2009
116 min
£215,173
Website
385 Views


- Oh, don't worry, this'll sort him out.

- What is it?

Dog's bollocks this.

What is this?

- Take it from me.

- Now what you got?

You been raiding

the self-help section again?

You wanna be banned from bookshops.

If you can open up your tiny minds

for just a little minute,

you might learn something.

What Eric needs is laughter.

It's got it in there.

According to him,

laughter is the best medicine.

If you can make him laugh,

laughter, no matter whether

it's forced or artificial,

it makes you feel good.

Apparently it lifts your spirits,

it produces endorphins,

and all your body feels good.

If I was in Eric's shoes,

I'd rather have a good f***,

I'll be honest with you.

- Is that you volunteering?

- No.

I'm volunteering Jack.

Listen, what we're gonna do

is try and make Eric laugh.

Okay. One at a time. All go down there.

Tell him a joke, do a dance, do what

you like, just make him f***ing laugh.

Try and cheer the lad up, all right?

Do the best you can.

- All right, Eric?

- All right, Spleen?

Did you, did you hear

about the...

Oh, dear.

Need to do better

than that, Spleen.

- Hey, Eric. You all right?

- All right, Smug.

- Hey, two monkeys in a bath, right.

- Right.

One monkey turns to the other monkey

and goes...

- Like that, right? Right?

- Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

The other monkey turns

to the other one and goes

"Put some cold water in, you daft c*nt. "

- F***ing hell.

- Oh, f*** off.

That's not bad. It's better than

Spleen's anyway, weren't it?

Yeah, whatever.

- Hi, Eric.

- All right.

Hey, you're good at

crosswords, aren't you?

- Yeah, yeah, aye.

- Yeah.

Heavily laden postman.

- How many letters?

- A f***ing big bagful.

Yeah, yeah.

Stand in front of your imaginary mirror.

Yeah.

Stand in front of your imaginary mirror.

Think of someone who loves you

and imagine viewing yourself

through their eyes.

Yeah?

Don't f*** about. Come on.

It's easy this, isn't it?

Have you had to have met them?

Do you have to have met the person?

Well, you...

You must have met them if they love you.

- Come on.

- Is there any way we can prep

- to get into it?

- You can f***ing shut up for a start!

I'm here.

I'm in front of me mirror.

Stand in front of a f***ing

imaginary mirror. Right?

- I am.

- Think of someone who...

This might be hard for you.

Think of someone who loves you.

And imagine viewing yourself

through their eyes.

- It's f***ing dead easy.

- Smug loves him.

No, come on, do it now.

- No, come on.

- It's all right.

Then gently press

the thumb of each hand

against the biggest finger...

- Of your own hand or someone else's?

- Not like that, is it?

No, your hand.

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Paul Laverty

Paul Laverty (born 1957) is a Scottish lawyer and scriptwriter. more…

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