On A Clear Day
by Gaby Dellal
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Actor: Billy Boyd, Brenda Blethyn, Jamie Sives, Peter Mullan, Sean McGinleyDirector: Gaby Dellal
Brand: UNI DIST CORP. (MCA)
Producer: Amy Lo
Producer: Andy Mayson
Producer: Bill Allan
Producer: Dorothy Berwin
Producer: Emma Hayter
Producer: Hilary Benson
Writer: Alex Rose
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-07-11
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of On A Clear Day
Movie Review: On a Clear Day - Inspiring, heartwarming.
Summary: 5 Stars
The movie is wonderful. It isn't maudlin. It is a glimpse of people falling on hard times and overcoming. When you see the child with cerebrral palsy swim, which encourages the man to keep trying and not quit, you cannot help but cry. A beautiful movie. Excellent acting. Good plot. It makes you feel that your problems are small and spurs you on to conquer them.
Summary of On A Clear Day
THE INSPIRATIONAL AND TRIUMPHANT STORY OF A MAN WHO DEFIES GREAT ODDS AND TAKES ON A MONUMENTAL CHALLENGE. A HEARTWARMING AND HUMOROUS FILM YOU CAN ENJOY OVER AND OVER AGAIN.An independent film from Britain, On a Clear Day tells the story of a man trying to come to terms with his past by setting a goal for the future: to swim across the English Channel. Frank (Peter Mullan) is a stoic man who tells his young grandson, "Things aren't meant to be fixed nowadays." After working all his life, the Glasgow shipbuilder finds himself middle-aged and jobless. His loving wife Joan (two-time Academy Award nominee Brenda Blethyn) tries to lessen the financial burden by learning to become a bus driver. Frank's relationship with his househusband son Rob (Jamie Sives) is distant at best. And though he doesn't speak of his other son, who drowned decades ago, Frank thinks of him often. Director Gaby Dellal reveals a gentle touch in the film's quieter moments. But she's just at home balancing the melodramatic moments (Rob confronting his father in a swimming pool) with comic relief (Frank's friendship with a woebegone group of men, including optimistic Danny, played by Billy Boyd from The Lord of the Rings). In the end, it's less important whether Frank's goals are met than mending his broken relationships. The finale is touching in the way it all plays out, because some things are meant to be fixed. --Jae-Ha Kim
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