Sixty Six

PG-13

Released Aug 1, 2008

1 hr. 33 min.

Biography

Comedy

Drama

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65%

52 Reviews

Tomatometer

66%

2,500+ Ratings

Audience Score

The bar mitzvah of a boy looks like a disaster when it coincides with the final of the 1966 World Cup.

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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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isla s

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.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Forgettable. Doesn't really ‘peak'

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Audience Member

Fantastic British comedy set in 1966. Tears and laughter - British pathos at its best.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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thomas a

A quirky, yet poignant, British comedy drama that shows sensitivity towards both Jewish and English cultures alike. "Sixty Six", named for the year the story was set, has a lot of moral values to teach us.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I only watched it cuz Helena Bonham carter was in it.. it was WEIRD!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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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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Kristin M. Jones

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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."

Feb 14, 2018

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David Fear

Time Out

Rated: 2/5

Nov 18, 2011

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Ben Kenigsberg

Time Out

Rated: 2/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Jason Heck

Kansas City Star

A film that tries too hard and wastes a cast of skilled veterans and talented newcomers.

Rated: 2/4

Nov 14, 2008

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David Cornelius

eFilmCritic.com

Offbeat, nostalgic, wonderful.

Rated: 5/5

Oct 29, 2008

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Bullz-Eye.com

Rated: 3/5

Oct 18, 2008

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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
Executive Producer: Natascha Wharton
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