The thoroughly charming, amusing and insightful Looking For Eric is a complete pleasure... a Ken Loach film brimming with wit and wisdom, interspersed with classic archive moments of Cantona magic.
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06/12/09
Looking for Eric (2009)
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Reviews Counted:42
Fresh:37
Rotten:5
Average Rating:7.3/10
Consensus: Ken Loach’s latest is an uplifting, entertaining and amusing socio-drama featuring a match-winning performance from Eric Cantona.
Rated: Rating Pending
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Eric the postman is slipping through his own fingers... His wife has gone, his stepsons are out of control and the house was chaotic even before a cement mixer appeared in the front garden. Life... [More]
Starring: Steve Evets, Stephanie Bishop, Gerard Kearns, John Henshaw
Director: Ken Loach
Reviews for Looking for Eric
Something conjured from the high, fey ethers of wish-fulfilment whimsy.
06/12/09
"Looking for Eric" should connect with moviegoers who enjoy clever comic writing with a touch of fantasy plus fans of any sport that has legendary heroes. It looks set to be Loach's biggest mainstream hit.
05/18/09
Top CriticLooking For Eric isn't a Loach masterpiece, but it's great fun and is set fair to be his first commercial smash since Kes. No one would begrudge him a well-earned box-office hit from such an amiable film.
05/18/09
If it is ultimately a bit on the shallow side, that conclusion doesn't seem to matter much at the end of the film's frequently hilarious 116 minutes.
10/13/09
Ken Loach's latest film, starring football star Eric Cantona, is funny, tender, surprising and very wise.
09/24/09
The film’s triumph lies in the two relationships at its heart: the unlikely rapport between the two Erics, little and big, which is unusual, amusing and affecting.
05/18/09
Looking for Eric is scathing about the erosion of communal values and the violent, selfish mess of inner-city life.
05/18/09
An unusually warm, funny and slightly surreal drama about a man rediscovering himself. Even a rather overwrought plot can't undermine the engaging characters and insightful observations.
06/12/09
Like all great football films, Looking For Eric isn't really about football. Instead, it uses the Beautiful Game as a way to tell a beautiful story, about loyalty, trust, and friendship.
06/12/09
Loach looks like he's having fun here (and it's contagious), weaving a comic thread of magic realism into an otherwise familiar study of working-class characters struggling to pull together.
09/24/09
A big-hearted, earthy and highly amusing comedy, it's compassionate, feelgood fare of the very first order.
06/12/09
As in many of Laverty's scripts, problems of overall tone and character development aren't solved by Loach's easygoing direction, though when it works, "Eric" has many incidental pleasures.
05/18/09
Top CriticFunny, touching and cheerfully unlikely in every sense, this ranks among the great British filmmaker's most enjoyable films.
06/12/09
Call it Looking For Box Office: king of gritty social realism Loach has made a wonderful feel-good hit.
06/12/09
Loach crams a few films into this unique title and manages to pull them into one crowd-pleaser by the end.
05/18/09
Looking For Eric is a film of three halves, each almost a genre unto itself.
09/23/09
If you are a fan of Cantona this could be your new favourite film.
06/12/09
Looking For Eric is a British film that lifts the spirits and might even bring a tear to the eye. Loach has scored a winner.
06/12/09
It’s got all the heart and humour of a mainstream comedy-drama, with none of the tedious predictability.
06/12/09
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