Pond Life

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Movie Info

In 1994 a rumor of a giant carp in a pond brings friends together to catch it.

Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English (United Kingdom)
Director:

Bill Buckhurst
Producer:

Rienkje Attoh, Alexandra Breede
Writer:

Richard Cameron
Runtime:

1h 40m
Production Co:

Open Palm Films

Cast & Crew

Tom Varey
Trevor

Esme Creed-Miles
Pogo

Angus Imrie
Malcolm

Gianlucca Galluci
Shane

Ethan Wilkie
Dave

Abraham Lewis
Maurice

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Critic Reviews for Pond Life

All Critics (14) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (10) | Rotten (4)

[A] sweet and, at times, rather sad slice-of-life drama, set during a stagnant summer in a working-class mining village in South Yorkshire.

April 28, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Simran Hans
Observer (UK)
The depictions of sunburnt teenagers ambling through estates, obsessing over crushes and minor betrayals, yet haunted by the terrible truths of the adult world, seemed utterly true.

April 26, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Kevin Maher
Times (UK)
A bit of an uneventful slog.

April 25, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Cath Clarke
Guardian
The default tone of Bill Buckhurst's film is northern English eccentricity, but the nostalgia has an edge.

April 24, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Danny Leigh
Financial Times
Pond Life is close to being a cute, nostalgic British film but it feels too low key to be charming and touching.

August 21, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Amelia Harvey
Frame Rated
A sweet, heartfelt and humorous look at life on the fringes

August 21, 2019 | Full Review…

Rob Aldam
Backseat Mafia
With a terrific sense of the time and place, this nostalgic ensemble movie beautifully captures the internal moods of a yearning teen.

May 3, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
It's touching -- in parts -- but a tad self-conscious and uneven.

April 29, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Matthew Bond
The Mail on Sunday (UK)
Esme Creed-Miles's portrayal of a vulnerable teenager, though, has heart-rending peaks.

April 29, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Edward Porter
Sunday Times (UK)
Respected theatre director Bill Buckhurst makes a promising transition to the screen with this adaptation of a 1992 play by Richard Cameron (who adapts his own work).

April 28, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

David Parkinson
Radio Times
Some good performances let down a bit by the watered down story, which never really worked out what it wanted to say.

April 26, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Jamie East
The Sun (UK)
Pond Life is not one of those eccentric, nostalgic British films, it's a lovely, low-key film that's so much more. It's impossible not to be charmed and touched by it.

April 25, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Alexa Dalby
Dog and Wolf

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