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24 May 2002 (UK) morePlot:
An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becoming an astronaut. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreNewsDesk:
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Can't believe this film's rating more (37 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Simon Callow | ... | Sir John Osgood |
 | Stephen Fry | ... | Sir Anthony Silk |
| Celia Imrie | ... | Miss Rapier |
 | Paul Giamatti | ... | Johnson J. Johnson |
 | Ned Beatty | ... | Gen. Ed Sheppard |
| Bruce Cook | ... | Patrick Smash |
 | Rupert Grint | ... | Alan A. Allen |
| Bronagh Gallagher | ... | Mrs. Smash |
| Victor McGuire | ... | Mr. Smash |
 | Adam Godley | ... | Placido P. Placeedo |
| Leslie Phillips | ... | Judge |
| Robert Hardy | ... | Doctor |
| John Higgins | ... | Paediatrician |
| Lillie Crossley | ... | Denise, age 5 |
| Sam Davies | ... | Patrick, age 3 |
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Rated PG for ongoing crude humor, language, some violence and bullying.Parents Guide:
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I really cannot understand the slating this film has had from some of the other commentators. This film is somehow in the bottom 100 IMDb films when it's a lot funnier and more enjoyable than most of the top 250, and for my money, that equates to "better".
It has few special effects, CGI or otherwise, but refreshingly has invention, wit and warmth instead, and some super acting at least from the younger cast members. I found Patrick Smash convincing enough to engender a great deal of sympathy, and he becomes a very British sort of a hero. Young genius Alan A Allan is a cross between Patrick Moore and Alan Turing, and would have won WWII single handedly.
Patrick's sister is very, very funny, and the episodes with the school bully and his entourage are well done, and bring back some scary memories.
The whole film is "tongue-in-cheek", the car included: think of MIB, compare with the idea and budget of Thunderpants and you'll maybe see why the car looked the way it did. What do you want, another "Gone with the Wind"?