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Eddie Marsan, Ewen Bremner, Jessica Hynes, Bronagh Gallagher, Tim Healy ... see more see more... , Paul Nicholls , Anne Reid , Joseph Hamilton , Chloe Hesar , Richard Ridings , Gary Sefton , Kevin Eldon , Sandra Voe , Matthew Leighton , Tom Smith , Calum Chalmers

A man who enjoys living in the past is having a hard time dealing with the present in this comedy from the UK. Richard (Eddie Marsan) spends his days dealing with cranky customers at a big-box home im... read more read more...provement store, but on weekends he becomes a fearsome Viking warrior with a local role-playing group called the Bloody Broadswords. Richard and his best friend Julian (Ewen Bremner) help the group recreate centuries-old battles with all the realism their limited finances can muster, but Richard's wife Cath (Jessica Hynes) has lost her patience with him spending so much time with the Broadswords and so little time around the house. Richard's son Martin (Joseph Hamilton) is also grown tired of being dragged along to mock battles that earn him the ridicule of his schoolmates, even if his almost girlfriend Emily (Chloe Hesar) approves. Eventually, Cath gives Richard his walking papers, and while he tries to win her back, the fact she soon starts dating Gary (Paul Nicholls), Martin's gym coach, suggests he has a tough battle ahead of him. Meanwhile, Julian is having better luck in his love life when his girlfriend Maggie (Bronagh Gallagher) asks him to move in with her, but Julian's mother isn't pleased to learn he's finally leaving home. Faintheart was directed by Vito Rocco and written by Rocco and David Lemon, who documented the production and sought input from film fans via the social networking internet site MySpace. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Vito Rocco

Release Date: September 20, 2008

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  • SirPant
    October 11, 2011
    SirPant
    Eddie Marsan can play both lovable and venomous brilliantly, here he plays lovable for a change, again, brilliantly. The supporting cast are pretty lovable too, Ewen Bremner, Jessica Hynes and Tim Healy all do good jobs. In fact, the whole film was really good, pretty much as goo... read mored as you can expect from a typical British rom-com forgiving its formulaic structure, it's just let down terribly by the awful ending. Change the last 10 minutes and you've got a cracking film but unfortunately, due to the last 10 minutes it isn't.
  • gor41
    September 5, 2010
    gor41
    About as typical a brit romcom as they come, this just rises above the pack thanks to some genuinely funny moments performed by seasoned comedy performers (except Nicholls).

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Critic Reviews

Philip French
January 28, 2009
Philip French, Observer [UK]

It's tiresome in its own way. Full Review

Edward Porter
January 28, 2009
Edward Porter, Sunday Times (UK)

What has emerged is an ordinary film that might have been made for television at any time in the past few decades. Full Review

Helen OHara
January 23, 2009
Helen OHara, Empire Magazine

The laughs come few and far between in a story as drab as the Northern skies under which it is set. Full Review

Trevor Johnston
January 23, 2009
Trevor Johnston, Time Out

It all feels very samey, the comic potential of the mock battles never approached with genuine enthusiasm but treated as a mere gag, and one which soon outstays its welcome. Amiable yet underwhelming. Full Review

Jon Fortgang
January 23, 2009
Jon Fortgang, Film4

Put away your eight-sided dice and go seek this immensely likable, sparky little comedy about fantasy, reality and love conquering all. Full Review

James Christopher
January 23, 2009
James Christopher, Times [UK]

Faintheart is a wild folly. It's a romantic comedy devised, directed, cast, and produced by the online members of MySpace. In this slender respect it's a genuine sensation. But it looks and feels as k... Full Review

Xan Brooks
January 23, 2009
Xan Brooks, Guardian [UK]

Faintheart, which bills itself as the world's first user-generated movie, is a middling sitcom that could have crawled fully formed from the head of a jaded TV executive. Full Review

Elliott Noble
January 23, 2009
Elliott Noble, Sky Movies

By Odin, it's a totally unexpected hoot. Full Review

David Edwards
January 23, 2009
David Edwards, Daily Mirror [UK]

No gimmick in the world can save this froth. Full Review

January 23, 2009
Sun Online

The internet is supposed to broaden our horizons, yet Faintheart feels like a return to the Dark Ages. Full Review

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