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Sixty Six

Play trailer Poster for Sixty Six PG-13 2008 1h 33m Biography Comedy Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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The bar mitzvah of a boy looks like a disaster when it coincides with the final of the 1966 World Cup.
Sixty Six

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Critics Consensus

Likable but overly sentimental, Sixty Six has snatches of sharp dialogue but is ultimately too predicable.

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Kristin M. Jones Film Comment Magazine 02/14/2018
Throughout Sixty Six, Klahr unleashes a dazzling array of visual ideas, deftly combined with sounds, silence, or music and all in the service of what he calls the film's "pop associational mindscape." Go to Full Review Leo Goldsmith IndieWire 08/08/2009
Cleaves too closely to the pattern set out by more original films with similar subject matter. Its obvious distinctions of time and place come through in clever details, but these don't seem to serve Weiland's autobiography so much as situate it into a fa Go to Full Review Andrew Sarris Observer 10/23/2008
Since Mr. Weiland himself had grown up in a Jewish section of North London, he was able to include many details of his own childhood. Go to Full Review Jason Heck Kansas City Star 11/14/2008
2/4
A film that tries too hard and wastes a cast of skilled veterans and talented newcomers. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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isla s 09/03/2022 This is a relatively easy watch - its mildly amusing at times and features some decent characters. The cast includes Helena Bonham Carter and Catherine Tate. It's not a particularly good film, nor is it awful but it passes the time ok. I did feel there was a nice sense of British family life at the time it's set (the 1960s) and it had a bit of heart to it, so I'm giving it this rating. I would recommend this film, yes. See more 07/20/2021 Forgettable. Doesn't really ‘peak' See more 07/06/2021 A perfectly likeable story of a young Jewish boy in London, 1966 who is planning his bar mitzvah, only to find to his horror, that it is scheduled for the very day that England play Germany in the World Cup final at Wembley. Helena Bonham Carter and Eddie Marsden play parents to Gregg Sulkin's Bernie. There's a few good laughs and it does have a genuinely loveable, feel good script even for a complete football hater like me. See more 04/28/2014 Fantastic British comedy set in 1966. Tears and laughter - British pathos at its best. See more 04/12/2013 uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I only watched it cuz Helena Bonham carter was in it.. it was WEIRD! See more 12/09/2012 This was a delight. Bonham Careter is a such a good actress and the attention to detail was great. Charming................. See more Read all reviews
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Paul Weiland

Director

Helena Bonham Carter

Esther

Eddie Marsan

Manny

Gregg Sulkin

Bernie

Stephen Rea

Dr. Barrie

Catherine Tate

Aunt Lila

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Synopsis The bar mitzvah of a boy looks like a disaster when it coincides with the final of the 1966 World Cup.
Director
Paul Weiland
Producer
Elizabeth Karlsen
Screenwriter
Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan
Distributor
First Independent Pictures
Rating
PG-13 (Brief Nudity|Some Sexual Content|Language)
Genre
Biography, Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 1, 2008, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA)
$224.5K
Runtime
1h 33m