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Plot
Frank is an ex-soldier, haunted by a violent past. He lives alone, drowning his nightmares with alcohol. Christine - smart and successful...
Release Year: 2011 Rating: 5.3/10 (160 voted) Director:
Tinge Krishnan Stars: Eddie Marsan, Tom Sturridge, Romola Garai Storyline
Frank is an ex-soldier, haunted by a violent past. He lives alone, drowning his nightmares with alcohol. Christine - smart and successful... on the surface, tackles life as a single working mother by immersing herself in drugs, parties and sex. Lynette, a young rough sleeper watches Christine stumble out of a club whilst she sits in the cold waiting for loose change to fall on her lap; her luck seems to change when she meets Frank who despite his misgivings, offers her a place to stay.
Cast:
Eddie Marsan
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Frank
Tom Sturridge
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Danny
Romola Garai
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Christine
Candese Reid
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Lynette
Shaun Dooley
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Josh
Bhasker Patel
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Hasan
Debra Baker
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Receptionist
John Boyega
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Jamal
Chris Coghill
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Banker
Nabil Elouahabi
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Fisherman
Valerie Gogan
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Evie
Shobna Gulati
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Beth
Dan Love
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Goth
Shaun Lucas
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Security Guard
Lori MacFadyen
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Office Worker
Release Date: 4 November 2011
Box Office Details
Budget: £325,000
(estimated)
User Review
Nothing great
Rating: 5/10
Junkhearts is a British, nearly-for-TV drama about the relationship
between an ex-soldier and a homeless girl, their troubled
personalities, and the hard lives they lead;
Though there are some interesting choices in the script during the
early developments - the goldfish scene, where Lynnette does for Frank
what he did for her in the self-defence scene - ultimately Junkhearts
descends rapidly into a tabloid-grime film about crime, wasted youth,
and defenceless characters, who from leads become merely a support to
the trite story.
This film had potential, but the writers didn't have the material to
get a whole hour and a half of film together; all in all,
disappointing.
My vote: 5/10 - inconclusive, aimless, self-defeating.
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