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When Saturday Comes

  • 1996
  • 1h 38m
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6.0/10
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Sean Bean and Emily Lloyd in When Saturday Comes (1996)
Jimmy Muir is a hard-drinking brewery worker in the city of Sheffield, with an arrogant lack of respect for authority. His entire life has been orientated by football and he possesses the potential, but has never had the courage or discipline to make anything of it.
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Jimmy Muir is a hard-drinking brewery worker in the city of Sheffield, with an arrogant lack of respect for authority. His entire life has been orientated by football and he possesses the po... Read allJimmy Muir is a hard-drinking brewery worker in the city of Sheffield, with an arrogant lack of respect for authority. His entire life has been orientated by football and he possesses the potential, but has never had the courage or discipline to make anything of it. Jimmy is spot... Read allJimmy Muir is a hard-drinking brewery worker in the city of Sheffield, with an arrogant lack of respect for authority. His entire life has been orientated by football and he possesses the potential, but has never had the courage or discipline to make anything of it. Jimmy is spotted by Ken Jackson, whilst playing for his pub team. Ken is the manager of Hallam football... Read all

  • Director
    • Maria Giese
  • Writers
    • James Daly
    • Maria Giese
  • Stars
    • Sean Bean
    • Emily Lloyd
    • Pete Postlethwaite
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.0/10
    2.5K
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    • Director
      • Maria Giese
    • Writers
      • James Daly
      • Maria Giese
    • Stars
      • Sean Bean
      • Emily Lloyd
      • Pete Postlethwaite
    • 30User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Sean Bean and Emily Lloyd in When Saturday Comes (1996)
    Sean Bean and Emily Lloyd in When Saturday Comes (1996)
    Sean Bean and Emily Lloyd in When Saturday Comes (1996)
    Sean Bean in When Saturday Comes (1996)
    Sean Bean and Emily Lloyd in When Saturday Comes (1996)
    Sean Bean and Emily Lloyd in When Saturday Comes (1996)
    Sean Bean and Emily Lloyd in When Saturday Comes (1996)
    Sean Bean and Emily Lloyd in When Saturday Comes (1996)
    Sean Bean in When Saturday Comes (1996)
    Sean Bean and Emily Lloyd in When Saturday Comes (1996)
    Sean Bean and Emily Lloyd in When Saturday Comes (1996)

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    Sean Bean
    Sean Bean
    • Jimmy Muir
    Emily Lloyd
    Emily Lloyd
    • Annie Doherty
    Pete Postlethwaite
    Pete Postlethwaite
    • Ken Jackson
    Craig Kelly
    Craig Kelly
    • Russell Muir
    John McEnery
    John McEnery
    • Joe Muir
    Ann Bell
    Ann Bell
    • Sarah Muir
    Melanie Hill
    Melanie Hill
    • Mary Muir
    Chris Walker
    • Mac
    John Higgins
    • Rob
    Tim Gallagher
    • Steve
    Peter Gunn
    Peter Gunn
    • Tommy
    Nick Waring
    • Gary
    James McKenna
    • George McCabe
    Tony Currie
    • Tony Currie
    Mel Sterland
    • Captain
    Steve Huison
    Steve Huison
    • Jack
    David Leland
    David Leland
    • Priest
    Douglas McFerran
    • Norman, the Foreman
    • Director
      • Maria Giese
    • Writers
      • James Daly
      • Maria Giese
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    • Trivia
      There was much criticism that Sean Bean was 36 when the film was made.
    • Goofs
      As already explained, the FA Cup Semi-Final should be played at a neutral venue and not at the home ground of Sheffield United - as in the film. However, there is also the alarming fact that the April Semi-Final takes place in mid-winter. This is due to the footage from the 'real game' actually being an FA Cup 3rd tie in Janurary, 1995.
    • Soundtracks
      Build Me Up
      Performed by Tony Hadley

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    7/10
    Boys own wish fulfilment from the grim North of England.
    When Saturday Comes is directed by Maria Giese who also adapts the screenplay from a story by James Daly. It stars Sean Bean, Emily Lloyd, Craig Kelly, Pete Postlethwaite, John McEnery and Melanie Hill. Music is by Anne Dudley and Joe Elliott of Def Leopard fame, and cinematography is by Grant Cameron and Gerry Fisher.

    Jimmy Muir (Bean) loves football, beer and women, his lads life is fun but certainly it could be better. Perhaps now that he is dating sexy wages clerk Annie Doherty (Lloyd) things are starting to settle in his life? More reason for optimism is that his football prowess has been noticed by Ken Jackson (Postlethwaite), the coach of Hallam FC, a man with friendly links to the manager of Jimmy's beloved Sheffield United. The world, it seems, is Jimmy's oyster, but problems at home, of the heart and socially, could scupper Jimmy's last chance for glory and life fulfilment.

    Completely fantastical rags to riches sports movie with a keen eye for working class based social realism, When Saturday Comes is one of the better football based movies out there. But it is in a genre splinter that's hardly brimming with quality anyway. True enough to say it's treading familiar turf, and the ending holds absolutely no surprises at all. While the last quarter of film badly rushes to get to the "punch the air moment", to leave the picture with a whiff of emptiness. But it's the off field aspects of the tale that strike the better chords.

    Jimmy Muir is basically a good guy, he's just caught in the vortex of a blokey lifestyle. Themes of a parental stymie and peer pressure add a bite to the screenplay, especially since the backdrop is one of a working class place that offers only the mine and the brewery for employment. Football is Jimmy's beacon of hope, it keeps him sane, but can he be all he can be? As a character study, with Bean adding grit and emotional guts, Giese's film is assuredly a winner, if only the football aspects weren't so choppy and amateurish, then the film would be better thought of in the sports movie sphere.

    Led by Bean, the performances are up to a good standard, even Lloyd, who manages to get away with an iffy Irish accent because her portrayal of Annie is so spunky and grounded. The photography suitably paints it as "Grim Up North", and Dudley's score is melodic and sits nicely with the various emotive turns in the narrative. There's issues and goofs within, especially obvious to those who know about British football, like how old is Bean? Mel Sterland playing for Sheffield United? A home semi-final in the FA Cup? And there's that annoying rush in the last quarter, where everything is condensed without thought to building up expectation. But it shoots and scores most of the time, particularly when away from the football pitch. 6.5/10
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    • Release date
      • March 1, 1996 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Pint of Bitter
    • Filming locations
      • Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Guild
      • Pint O'Bitter Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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