One for the Road (2003)

One for the Road follows Jimmy, Paul, Richard and Mark who meet on a rehabilitation course for drink drivers. Jimmy is young, ambitious and desperate to sell his late father's business; ... See full summary »

Director:

Chris Cooke

Writer:

Chris Cooke

Stars:

Rupert Procter, Gregory Chisholm, Mark Devenport

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rupert Procter	...	Paul
Gregory Chisholm	...	Jimmy (as Greg Chisholm)
Mark Devenport	...	Mark
Hywel Bennett	...	Richard Stevens
Julie Legrand	...	Liz
Micaiah Dring	...	Eve
Jonny Phillips	...	Ian
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'

Storyline

One for the Road follows Jimmy, Paul, Richard and Mark who meet on a rehabilitation course for drink drivers. Jimmy is young, ambitious and desperate to sell his late father's business; Paul has been salesman of the year three times running, however, that was five years ago; Richard is a retired millionaire property developer and Mark is a taxi driver with a weakness for weed and philosophy. Very quickly they realize the course is the networking opportunity of a lifetime as Paul, Mark and Jimmy plot to relieve Richard of some of his wealth...

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 July 2004 (UK)

Filming Locations:

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

EM Media, Emmi, Film Council

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

User Reviews

Funding bodies, are they blind?

It amazes me how this film could get any funding (from Film Four and The Film Council) and distribution (I thought the people from Tartan were looking for 'talent'). It has no story, the photography of an amateur, the worst acting ever seen, overuse of voice over (are this people going to learn some day to write a script with no voice over, excuse me, this is movie image, what you can't tell with images, it's simply bad script, it's a complete cliché and passé. I bet there is a lot of more talent in the UK with better ideas (and more originals) than this one, that actually looks more like a student film. Who decided to give some money to make this thing (impossible to call it film/movie, etc) possible? This is not a Guy Ritchie's film, this is simple rubbish. Are they actors? If they are, please, quit, all of you are very bad. Gentlemen of the Film Council give money to good projects and forget about bad written stories packed of unnecessary voice over.