The Baker

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The Baker

PG-13

2007

1h 26m

Comedy

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A hit man (Damian Lewis) works as a baker in a remote village in Wales to hide from his employers.

Stella Papamichael

BBC.com

A hit and miss comedy.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 8, 2009

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Xan Brooks

Guardian

The normally wonderful Kate Ashfield bags a supporting slot as Milo's love interest only to spend the film's climax ruthlessly gagged with a strip of gaffer tape. Given the state of the dialogue, this is probably for the best.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 8, 2009

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Leslie Combemale

Cinema Siren

That quirky English slapstick is in evidence throughout the movie, and the ensemble cast is easy to get attached to, as they all wholeheartedly jump into playing such a diverse set of interesting and funny characters.

Jul 26, 2019

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Matthew Turner

ViewLondon

Rated: 0/5

Jan 14, 2010

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Philip French

Observer (UK)

It lacks dramatic yeast.

Oct 8, 2009

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Tim Evans

Sky Cinema

The good new is that it goes to DVD almost immediately so can be left to gather dust in a Woolies bargain bin.

Rated: 2/5

Oct 8, 2009

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Helen E

A very silly funny film with some laugh out loud moments came across it on prime and thoroughly enjoyed

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/10/24

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Audience Member

It's Entertaining, a good British made film!! Not to be taken too seriously!!! Which it seems the critics have!!!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

The hitman in life crisis is so much better done in films like Pulp Fiction, Grosse Pointe Blank, Leon and so on. The mid to late 2000's brought a new wave of hitman stories like In Bruges, The Matador, No Country for Old Men, and I know that The Baker is meant to be a comedy, but it feels twee and clichéd for its moment. There are some funny comedic sequences, but mostly it sets up some interesting characters and then fails to do anything with them.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

So distracted by Kate Ashfields first scene - couldn't lift a line off the page, and seemed to emphasis the wrong word like a child actor, at every opportunity. Disappointed that a cuff round the ear serves as an end of scene gag.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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Audience Member

Silly load of nonsense not worth watching.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

The soundtrack is like a bad computer game, after 20 minutes I had to turn it off

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Synopsis

A hit man (Damian Lewis) works as a baker in a remote village in Wales to hide from his employers.

Director: Gareth Lewis
Producer: Adrian Sturges, Justin Williams
Screenwriter: Gareth Lewis
Production Co: Picture Farm
Rating: PG-13 (Some Partial Nudity|Sexual Content|Brief Language|Violence)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 23, 2017
Runtime: 1h 26m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital