The Fruit Machine

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PridePosterStudios This was an odd one! I remember dolphins. Lots of dolphins. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 04/26/24 Full Review colin m 'The Fruit Machine' (known as 'Wonderland' in the US). Enjoyed re-watching this 1980s movie, available free of charge on YouTube. Slightly spoilt by its goes-off-at-a-tangent ending. [A 20-minute medley of the music soundtrack by Hans Zimmer, called "The Fruit Machine Suite", is on YouTube, well worth listening to after you watch the movie.] Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member Very poignant and well portrayed film that deals with a point in time at which gay people were still being beaten up, but were no longer beating themselves up. The two main protagonists were well rounded characters that avoided most of the usual stereotypes. Well worth watching as a piece of social history ( and to see Robbie Coltrane in a frock!) Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member I remember seeing bits of this film in the early 90s so thought I would check it out again now its on DVD and have always wanted to see all of it. It was not really as good as I remember it, it trys to be a bit too surreal and arty, it does not come off. Robbie Coltrane is great in this film as the dodgy club entertainer. Great music, but a really dodgy plot which gets abit lost in itself, with some dodgy acting at times, only worth checking out if its on film 4 or something. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member This is my all-time favourite movie; it's British and I can relate to it on five different levels. Not an easy film to find nowadays, but if you DO come across it, don't ignore it. Two Liverpudlian boys, each with his own problems witness a murder and go on the run from the hit-man. They tag along with an ageing Opera singer who takes them to Brighton. As payment for this deed the opera singer takes the body of Michael who when in Liverpool was "on the rent" and innocent and homely Eddie discovers a performing dolphin in "Wonderland" (otherwise known as the Brighton Sea Life Centre) who he wants to rescue and set free. In the midst of all this mundane activity, the killer suddenly turns up, having traced the pair to the South Coast. Robbie Coltrane is brilliant as Annabel; an incredibly unusual role for him but realised beautifully. The commercial soundtrack is wonderful, and there are some surreal dream sequences that make perfect sense by the end of the film. Be warned, you cannot fail but to be deeply moved by the end and you will need a huge box of Kleenex tissues. I have seen this film more times than I would freely admit and have cried floods of tears EVERY time. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/10/08 Full Review Audience Member I remember mail ordering the VHS from Britain. It's an endearing though predictable little film. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 11/30/07 Full Review Read all reviews

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