Rent Last Orders (2001)

Kushti film bout getting past it + goin dahn Margate wiv yer old chinas... - Last Orders review by PV

There are 2 really bad things about this film: a terrible soundtrack of the sort of music one may see on some 4th rate corporate training video, and secondly, the fact there are no subtitles on the DVD!

Otherwise, I loved this film. Great acting from great actors (Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, the late David Hemmings and the late Bob Hoskins plus Helen Mirren) illuminates a slice of social history as we see how people's lives were affected by events and attitudes of the 20th century.

What's more, it is just about the only film I know to feature Margate, Chatham and Rochester.

This is a film to wallow in and contemplate; if you want fast paced plotting, this is not for you.

But I loved it. Such a shame the music is so rubbish. So glad this film avoided what would happen these days, especially at the hands of the pc BBC (unnecessary female characters and storylines tagged on; loads of token black and Asian characters to up to diversity quotient).

Good old-fashioned film-making and none the worse for that - and it's from a best-selling award-winning novel.

4.5 stars rounded up

pretty good..but - Last Orders review by MA

Ditto about the lack of subtitles, especially as the accents were so authentic and sometimes hard to hear.  Couldn’t help thinking Ray Winston was miscast because he was supposed to be  a generation younger than the rest but looked the same sort of age.  At the same time he was probably  more accurately cast and a product of the place.