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Janice Beard 45 WPM (2002)


JANICE BEARD 45 WPM
OVERVIEW

CAST & CREW
Eileen Walsh, Rhys Ifans, Patsy Kensit
Directed by Clare Kilner
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SYNOPSIS
We are introduced to Janice (Irish stage comedienne Eileen Walsh in her screen debut) at her ill-starred beginnings; her father dies of a heart attack during her birth, causing her mother to plunge into a post-natal, post-mortem agoraphobic depression that endures for 23 years. more...

MPAA RATING
Not Rated

RUNTIME
78 minutes

RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: May 10, 2002

RELEASE COMPANY
Empire Pictures

GENRE
Comedies, Sexual Fantasies

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 RATING: ROTTEN  READING: 45%
(FRESH = 60% or Greater)
  Reviews counted: 11
Fresh: 5  Rotten: 6
Average Rating: 5.2/10
  
( Showing 1-11 of 11 Tomatometer Reviews, sorted a-z )
  "A poignant coming-of-age story about a young woman never embittered by her shortcomings, or by the imperfections of those she loves."
-- Maria Garcia, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL

75/100  "Where Janice Beard falters in its recycled aspects, implausibility, and sags in pace, it rises in its courageousness, and comedic employment."
-- Jon Lap, APOLLO GUIDE

2/5  "The plot's contrivances are uncomfortably strained."
-- Maitland McDonagh, TV GUIDE'S MOVIE GUIDE

3/4  "A clever script and skilled actors bring new energy to the familiar topic of office politics."
-- Ed Scheid, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE

1.5/5  "The plot plummets into a comedy graveyard before Janice comes racing to the rescue in the final reel."
-- The Wolf, IOFILM.CO.UK

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Kieron Corless, SIGHT AND SOUND

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  "Director Clare Kilner's debut is never as daft as it should have been."
-- Robert Wilonsky, NEW TIMES

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3.5/5  "As Janice, Eileen Walsh, an engaging, wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth, infuses the movie with much of its slender, glinting charm."
-- Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES

  "If the heroine's forced wackiness hinders believability, at least the energetic Walsh makes her entertaining."
-- Ed Park, VILLAGE VOICE

  "All ends well, sort of, but the frenzied comic moments never click."
-- Andrew Sarris, NEW YORK OBSERVER

2/4  "Walsh can't quite negotiate the many inconsistencies in Janice's behavior or compensate for them by sheer force of charm."
-- Jan Stuart, NEWSDAY

1/4  "It's impossible to indulge the fanciful daydreams of Janice Beard (Eileen Walsh) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant."
-- Megan Turner, NEW YORK POST

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