Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Portia Hilton Blistering performances.

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Kitty I only got this DVD because Netflix decided I would like it. For once, they were right.The cinematography is breathtaking and Michael Sheen (whom I had only seen previously as Tony Blair in The Queen) was a revelation.The plot is delivered angst-free, nimbly skirting almost all of the traditionally expected tropes. The soundtrack of British folk artists reminded me somewhat of the "O Brother Where Art Thou" soundtrack.For the first half-hour or so I just bobbed along with the action -- but when Colin heard the windmills singing I just sat there with my jaw dropped, my eyes damp, and my heart completely fulfilled.Repeatedly, this little gem surprised me with its sparkle. Even the somewhat tacky daytime view of Blackpool dazzled as seen through the travelers' eyes. And the end -- the end is perfect.

Drifteral99 I took a chance on buying this DVD after hearing that Kate Rusby featured heavily on the soundtrack. I like her English folk music style, and as a bonus she actually appears as 'the turn' at a motor-bike rally.A gathering of bikers , camping next to a pub as happens every spring and summer weekend somewhere in Britain.The film is set around South Yorkshire, I think at first, or perhaps even North Nottinghamshire. A faded pit town, somewhere Mansfield or a dozen others.The action moves on to places like Castleton in Derbyshire, and the area around Penistone, between Barnsley and Manchester. Ranging from quite bleak moorland to softer more rolling hills and trees.Colin is well portrayed as a simple man of relatively few words. The ones which spring from his lips invariably involve darts. His passion.The villain of the piece is a nasty copper, again well acted and the conniving Constable is after Colin's missus.Mrs.Col, and the copper take off to Blackpool,the 'Las Vegas of the North' and our hero sets off after them on his trusty Honda fifty (step-thru motorbike). The people he meets along thew way, from a predictably friendly group of bikers (the slightly mickey taking reception he got here was overstated)to a letcherous pub landlord really form the heart of the plot. He stumbles across a pack of Brownies on a camping trip, and , rather unlikely is instantly accepted.The scene where Col's bike is 'taken out was brilliantly shot & totally believable. Though having done a lot of motor-cycling myself his attire was less than adequate for his 'epic' trip.All the characters, with just one or two exceptions were very likable. From Mandy the overweight barmaid, disillusioned with her lover, and a mother of a cheeky wee actress who brilliantly captured a rebellion in the making, to Colin's wife. She had made a mistake in leaving him, and admitted it, would he have her back?I should have known anything involving Rusby's music would have a northern English flavour. The essence of the region, from stark beauty, to down at heel urban industry is here for all to see.Blackpool, the tacky town with such a proud heritage was filmed sympathetically, yet realistically.All in all a film which improves the more I think about it. I shall watch this several times I think. I really, and heartily recommend it to anyone with a soft spot for working class Brtiain.

John Kingston You should like this film if you are a motorbike fan, if you liked seaside resorts as a kid, if you like gentle folk music, or if you were in the Brownies. In some ways it's a typical British film: understated humour, overstated contrasts between the good and the bad in English landscapes, various characters who overdo British stereotypes, and a hero who's a wimp; but it also carries the usual themes of a road movie, albeit more slowly than many road movies. It's also about "heart", in the figurative sense, which is about the only relevance the title has to the film ... except that the road trip goes across the central hills of England. It's obviously a low budget film, but it shows what can be achieved without big special effects.

ard-1 I am the only one that hates seeing anyone North of London represented on screen by dim witted bear guzzling slobs that sit around all day in pubs and working mens clubs saying right lad, how's thee doing screwing each others best mates wifes! Complete stereotypical yarbles, dated as an episode of Coronation street from the seventies. Come on mister writer catch up the decades lad!