Pond Life

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Pond Life

2018

1h 40m

Drama

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It's the summer of 1994 in a world of broken families, cassette tapes, and a down-trodden economy, life is simple but harsh for the local kids of one quiet town. Picked on, ignored, and trying to figure out how to survive, the local teens are looking for anything to change their life. When a rumor stirs about the legend of a giant carp in the nearby ponds, Trevor, 17, decides to lead a rag-tag brigade of friends on a fishing expedition to land the big one! So begins an adventure that starts with fish, but leads to everlasting friendship as they decide to finish the summer with a moment of glory!

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Simran Hans

Observer (UK)

04/28/2019

4/5

[A] sweet and, at times, rather sad slice-of-life drama, set during a stagnant summer in a working-class mining village in South Yorkshire.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

04/26/2019

4/5

The depictions of sunburnt teenagers ambling through estates, obsessing over crushes and minor betrayals, yet haunted by the terrible truths of the adult world, seemed utterly true.

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Cath Clarke

Guardian

04/25/2019

3/5

A bit of an uneventful slog.

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Danny Brogan

Common Sense Media

01/05/2022

3/5

Adapted from a stage play, this British coming-of-age drama follows in the footsteps of the likes of Ken Loach and Mike Leigh in its depiction of "ordinary" people going about "ordinary" lives.

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Amelia Harvey

Frame Rated

08/21/2019

3/5

Pond Life is close to being a cute, nostalgic British film but it feels too low key to be charming and touching.

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Rob Aldam

Backseat Mafia

08/21/2019

A sweet, heartfelt and humorous look at life on the fringes

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sonny p

@RT22950043 09/29/2022

Beautiful and elegant

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It's the summer of 1994 in a world of broken families, cassette tapes, and a down-trodden economy, life is simple but harsh for the local kids of one quiet town. Picked on, ignored, and trying to figure out how to survive, the local teens are looking for anything to change their life. When a rumor stirs about the legend of a giant carp in the nearby ponds, Trevor, 17, decides to lead a rag-tag brigade of friends on a fishing expedition to land the big one! So begins an adventure that starts with fish, but leads to everlasting friendship as they decide to finish the summer with a moment of glory!

Director: Bill Buckhurst
Producer: Rienkje Attoh, Alexandra Breede
Screenwriter: Richard Cameron
Production Co: Open Palm Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: British English
Runtime: 1h 40m