Take it easy, Jimmy Grimble
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German title | Take it easy, Jimmy Grimble |
Original title | There's Only One Jimmy Grimble |
Country of production | UK , France |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 2000 |
length | 98 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 6 |
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Director | John Hay |
script |
Rik Carmichael John Hay |
production |
Jeremy Bolt Alison Jackson |
music |
Simon Boswell Alex James |
camera | John de Borman |
cut | Oral Norrie Ottey |
occupation | |
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Just courage, Jimmy Grimble (German alternative title: There is only one Jimmy Grimble ) is a youth film by British director John Hay from 2000 . The film tells the initiation of 15-year-old Jimmy Grimble, a shy boy in a housing estate of Manchester .
action
Jimmy Grimble (Lewis McKenzie) is a pushover and outsider at his school. Even in the football team at his school he does not get beyond the role of a substitute and is teased and harassed by his teammates. When two other boys tried to beat him up one evening, he found refuge with an old woman named Alice Brewer ( Jane Laportaire ) while fleeing from them . She gives him a pair of old, magical soccer shoes. With the help of these shoes he gains more and more self-confidence and gives everything to show his playful talent. His trainer Eric Wirrel ( Robert Carlyle ) also notices how Grimble is getting more and more out of himself. Grimble becomes a solid pillar of his team and is increasingly gaining the respect of his teammates and those around him. In the end, he leads his team into the finals of the school cup.
Reviews
"Thrilling youth film between a realistic description of everyday life and fairytale exaggeration, which knows how to create entertaining and insightful sparks from a familiar subject."
Awards
The film has won several awards. Among other things, director Hay was awarded the Transparent Bear for the best children's and youth film at the 2001 Berlinale .
Web links
- There's Only One Jimmy Grimble in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Scorcher page at britishcomics.com
Individual evidence
- Jump up , Jimmy Grimble. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .