Once Upon a Time in the Midlands

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands seems to make naming your film 'Once Upon a Time in.....' seem like a bit of a gimmick. Indeed, a year earlier Robert Rodriquez was left floundering with his over the top, epic... Full review

Shane Meadows' first film, 'TwentyFour Seven', was dark, intense and arty; his second, 'A Room for Romeo Brass', is one my favourite movies, atmospheric, wildly funny and moving. But this, his third film, is not quite as brilliant, and indeed... Full review

'Once upon a time in the midlands' is the next instalment from Nottingham director Shane Meadows, indeed it concludes his 'Nottingham trilogy' along with previous efforts 'Twentyfourseven' and 'A Room for Romeo Brass' I am glad to say that it... Full review

I'm a huge fan of British films and was so looking forward to Once Upon a Time in the Midlands when I first read about it. It sounded like a sure thing: fun storyline, fabulous cast (Ricky Tomlinson, Kathy Burke,... Full review

Once Upon a Time in the Midlands is a British film starring Shirley Henderson, Rhys Ifans, and Robert Carlyle, and was directed by Shane Meadows. It is a Romance-Comedy-Drama that hit U.S. theaters in art-houses. It adopts the spaghetti western... Full review

Within the space of only a couple of years and with only his third film, Shane Meadows has joined Ken Loach and Mike Leigh as one of the (now) three British Directors whose films are simply unmissable by virtue of... Full review

Brilliantly observed comic scenes of working class domestic life, reminiscent of Caroline Aherne's superb 'Royle Family' sitcom, provide the backdrop for an engaging comedy-drama. All the main actors turn in typically excellent, albeit unsurprising performances: Robert Carlyle does a variation... Full review

Respect is definitely due to Mr Meadows. He has made films about Britain that qualify as top notch cinema. He is a true artist - he portrays conflict both within and between people with his own style and bizarreness. He... Full review

When they appear on a daytime chat show, Dek surprises his girlfriend Shirley by proposing to her, only to have her say no. Shirley's ex and father of her daughter, Marlene, sees the show and leaves Glasgow with stolen money... Full review

`Once upon a time in the midlands' is the next instalment from Nottingham director Shane Meadows, indeed it concludes his `Nottingham trilogy' along with previous efforts `Twentyfourseven' and `A Room for Romeo Brass'I saw this film at its world premier... Full review

"British comedy" is a genre that's generally identified by the "I know it when I see it" method, but a few things seem to pop up fairly consistently. ... Full Article

A Cockneyfied Cow Patty A Review by Tiffany Sanchez 09/12/2003 Paying homage to acclaimed international director, Sergio Leone, Shane Meadows' new film Once Upon a Time in the Midlands is part spaghetti western, part working-class romantic comedy. ... Full Article

Published: Friday, Oct. 17, 2003 7:31 a.m. MDT Both the title and the score for "Once Upon a Time in the Midlands" suggest that the film is going to be a spaghetti Western, or at least something along the lines... ... Full Article

This British import tells the tale of Dek, a mild-mannered man who lives with the woman he loves, Shirley, and Shirley's 12-year-old daughter, Marlene, whose father, Jimmy, went off to the badlands of Glasgow some years back and hasn't been... ... Full Article

There's a cheeky spaghetti-Western gloss to "Once Upon a Time in the Midlands," from that Sergio Leone-derived title to the musical score that channels wah-wah harmonica and a full-on string section into what sounds like the "The Odd Couple" theme... ... Full Article