Bigga Than Ben

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Bigga Than Ben

2008

1h 22m

Drama

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Two hooligans from Moscow go to London to steal.

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Critics Consensus

Bigga Than Ben is offensive and maybe slightly misogynistic, but still a provocative and crass slice of immigrant life in London.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

10/10/2008

3/5

Bigga Than Ben is small-scale, episodic and not without its sins of omission. But it looks as if it speaks the truth and is considerably more entertaining and thought-provoking than most of the week's other offerings.

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

10/10/2008

Still, it's an enterprising little movie in its location shooting, and I warmed to it - an overeagerness to entertain is hardly the worst crime.

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

10/10/2008

1/5

Relentlessly crass, smug, charmless and unedifying.

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

10/10/2008

3/5

This lively comedy feels like about half a movie, as the inventive Borat-like hilarity runs out of steam after about an hour

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Chris Hicks

Total Film

10/10/2008

3/5

It tails off into a confusing ending, but Bigga Than Ben is still honest, funny and provocative enough to wind up Daily Mail and Guardian readers alike.

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Tim Evans

Sky Cinema

10/10/2008

2/5

Where she's less sure is the disintegration of the friendship between Spiker and Cobakka. It's less than convincing and strangely unaffecting because - to be brutally honest - they're both a pair of neo-Nazi gits.

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11/04/2012

A funny, but sad, film about the immigrant life in modern day Britain. Thank God for my big sister. I would never have survived without her. Thank you Dori. xxxx

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11/03/2012

Warm hearted and un-PC.

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10/19/2011

what a strange film! i watched this today on iplayer... and did not know what to expect at all. basically, two russian fellows come over to london so that they can defile the system and take whatever they can. they're racist, greedy and not very nice. in fact there were a lot of racist undetones in this one? avoid this one; should be easy.

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05/26/2011

An interesting film, entertaining throughout. It starts to run of out steam after 50 mins but there isn't long left after that. Some of the narration and dialogue is difficult to understand, and some of the onscreen graphics and cutaways are too distracting & unnecessary. However, the films biggest strength is the performance of the 2 leads, with Ben barnes in particular deserving of much praise. Even though the 2 guys are petty criminals, you can't help but wish them success

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05/21/2011

Very funnt and reminded me of everything is all illuminated. Barnes best role to date!!!!

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01/01/2011

Best movie I have seen in a while. Very british! :)

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Synopsis

Two hooligans from Moscow go to London to steal.

Director: S.A. Halewood
Producer: S.A. Halewood, Liz Holford
Screenwriter: S.A. Halewood
Distributor: Altadena Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 18, 2008, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2021
Runtime: 1h 22m

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