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5.2/10   173 votes
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Director:
Chris Cooke
Writer:
Chris Cooke (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
2 July 2004 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy
Plot:
One for the Road follows Jimmy, Paul, Richard and Mark who meet on a rehabilitation course for drink drivers... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
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Not really a laugh-a-minute comedy more (11 total)

Cast

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Rupert Procter ... Paul
Gregory Chisholm ... Jimmy (as Greg Chisholm)
Mark Devenport ... Mark
Hywel Bennett ... Richard Stevens
Julie Legrand ... Liz
Micaiah Dring ... Eve
Jonathan Phillips ... Ian (as Jonny Phillips)
Johann Myers ... Dave
Penn Linfield ... Mary (as Penny Linfield)
Tony Claassen ... Vague Tony
Tim Cunningham ... Kevin
Dena Smiles ... Patti / Pamela
Michaela Megran-Handley ... Paul's Daughter
Benjamin Linfield-Jones ... Paul's Son
David Peachey ... The 'TWOC'ers'
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Runtime:
UK:94 min
Country:
UK | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
UK:18
Filming Locations:
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Company:
EM Media more

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4 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Not really a laugh-a-minute comedy, 7 December 2004
5/10
Author: paulnewman2001 from Hertford, England

Nothing like the boozy, comedy fusion of The Office and The Full Monty some half-cut lads mag reviews would have you believe.

Instead, once you get past the choppy attention-seeking visuals and lapses into a sixth former's idea of what constitutes street cred dialogue, Chris Cooke's debut is more akin to a seedy Glengarry Glen Ross.

An unlikely group comprising wannabe businessman Jimmy (Greg Chisholm), retired property dealer Richard (a portly and excellent Hywell Bennett), slacker cabbie Mark (Mark Davenport) and bitter alcoholic salesman Paul (Rupert Proctor) forms during a rehab course for drink drivers and frequently adjourns to the nicotine-stained bonhomie of a local pub.

It's mostly Jimmy's story and he's desperate to prove himself, egged on by cynical Paul to tap their rich new pal Richard for help.

Pub life here looks far grubbier than it did in the superior Last Orders and these characters are neither quirky nor likable; they're largely irredeemable pub bores, bigging themselves up to offset their shortcomings.

Yet while this capsizes any chance of a chuckle-fest, it does nevertheless serve to imbue events with a bleak, queasy humour.

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