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Janice Beard 45 WPM

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An office assistant (Rhys Ifans) uses an eccentric Scottish woman (Eileen Walsh) as a strategic pawn in his ambitious plans.

Critics Reviews

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Kieron Corless Sight & Sound 12/02/2002
On the whole Janice herself is an endearing, eccentric creation but the film lacks the sharpness that might capture the public's imagination as Billy Liar did back in the early 60s. Go to Full Review
Andrew Sarris Observer 05/17/2002
All ends well, sort of, but the frenzied comic moments never click. Go to Full Review
Stephen Holden New York Times 05/11/2002
3.5/5
As Janice, Eileen Walsh, an engaging, wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth, infuses the movie with much of its slender, glinting charm. Go to Full Review
Antonia Quirke Independent on Sunday 11/28/2017
With its primary colour-scheme, and cast playing people with half their IQs, the film is a zestless. Go to Full Review
Apollo Guide 05/13/2005
75/100
Christopher Null Filmcritic.com 11/09/2003
2.5/5
we don't care much what happens to Janice Go to Full Review
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01/12/2012 A cute and quirky little romantic film. Quite and in-her-own world Janice takes an unglamorous job as a typist (a job she only got because a friend helped her get it) at a car manufacturing company while telling her house bound mother untrue stories of an exciting and fanciful life in order to entertain her mother and I believe also herself. However, while trying to appear productive and "normal" in her boring job she finds herself in a new and exciting relationship with Sean who is better than anything she has yet to imagine...but what exactly are his true feelings and intentions towards her? See more 04/20/2010 [font=Book Antiqua][color=#000000][img]http://alt.xmission.com/~emailbox/clipart/computer2.gif[/img][/color][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=5][color=#000000]Hey All,[/color][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=5][color=#000000]Here is another film that I’m about enter that I’ve received this past week. Pretty good. Uh? Twice in one day? Wow, is the world going to end. No, I just got off my lazy butt. LOL! Any way the film that I’m going to tell you about now is called; “Janice Beard: 45 WPM (Words per Minute)”. I really like this film. It’s a cute corky comedy. This film is basically a non thinking fun movie. Even though at times this film was a bit predictable it didn’t take away from the movie experience. The writing was very creative and imaginative which is really rare for films now days. I thought the cast which included Rhys Ifans (who is becoming one of my favorite comedic actors), Eileen Walsh, and Patsy Kensit among a cast that did a wonderful job at making the characters come to life. “Janice Beard: 45 WPM” is about a young woman by the name of Janice Beard who has had a vivid imagination all her life. When she moves from Scotland to London in search of a job to help pay for her mom’s therapy she realizes her imagination can help her cope with the day to day ills. The only jobs she is able to land is temp jobs (hence 45 WPM). She gets fired from her first job and ends up almost getting kicked out of her apartment. A friend comes to her rescue by getting Janice a job at her work which is a car company. Let’s just say that Janice’s imagination helps and hinders her in her new found profession. I would suggest this film to any one. It is a perfect Sunday lazy afternoon movie. The DVD does have a pretty good bonus feature. Please see what you think. [/color][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][color=#000000][size=5]Fritz[/size] ;) [/color][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][color=#000000][url="http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?movieid=60031341&trkid=90529"][img]http://cdn.nflximg.com/us/boxshots/large/60031341.jpg[/img][/url][/color][/font] See more 04/20/2010 Janice Beard, 45 WPM Rating: 7/10 Date Seen: 3/28/04 See more 03/25/2010 Had some funny moments here & there but nothing really special See more 02/08/2010 This was a really cute little movie. Silly story about a couple who meet that love to make up stories. I gave this only three stars bc it is a movie to see one time. Nice for a little humorous romantic story but I wouldnt watch it again. Not very memorable and not unique enough to come back to. See more 05/20/2008 Cute British comedy. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis An office assistant (Rhys Ifans) uses an eccentric Scottish woman (Eileen Walsh) as a strategic pawn in his ambitious plans.
Director
Clare Kilner
Producer
Judy Counihan, Jonathan Olsberg
Screenwriter
Ben Hopkins, Clare Kilner
Production Co
FilmFour Productions, FilmFour, Dakota Films Limited, Film Consortium, Arts Council of England
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 10, 2002, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 1, 2020
Box Office (Gross USA)
$11.8K
Runtime
1h 18m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby A, Dolby SR, Dolby Digital, Surround