I sort of enjoyed this, even though it was a bit like eating too much sugary food. I know it's difficult making a film when the real people are still alive, but surely the reverential sentimentality doesn't have to be laid on this thick. The local people are saintly and are pitted against made-up evil scheming bankers.
The true story behind the film is great, but quite complex. It's easy to read up on, e.g. Channel 4 did a good documentary a few years ago. This film doesn't worry too much about niceties like facts. In reality the bank had to be called "Bank ON Dave", because it was not approved as a fully-fledged bank and to this day is called Burnley Savings and Loans. The film throws in a fictitious rock concert and a rather half-hearted rom com subplot. Roy Kinnear is excellent. Joel Fry is good, too, but he's great at comedy (see him in Yesterday) and I think he could have acted a bit bigger here. Perhaps the director didn't let him.
The true story behind the film is great, but quite complex. It's easy to read up on, e.g. Channel 4 did a good documentary a few years ago. This film doesn't worry too much about niceties like facts. In reality the bank had to be called "Bank ON Dave", because it was not approved as a fully-fledged bank and to this day is called Burnley Savings and Loans. The film throws in a fictitious rock concert and a rather half-hearted rom com subplot. Roy Kinnear is excellent. Joel Fry is good, too, but he's great at comedy (see him in Yesterday) and I think he could have acted a bit bigger here. Perhaps the director didn't let him.