Eddie Marsan

Sam Kelly

Samantha Spiro

Lee Ingleby

Nichole Bird

Danielle Bird

Jade Anouka

Robert Putt

Ben Batt

Jonny Leigh-Wright

Belinda Everett

Selina Zaza-Wilson

Steve Wentworth

Vishal Kava

Dempsey Cook

Polly Duval

Fiona Lamptey

Nick Taylor

Jon Gregory

Tessa Ross

Heather Storr

Chloe Meddings

Stephanie Smith

Anna Brabbins

Reuben Garrett

Christine Blundell

Christine Langan

Ruth Mackenzie

Jane Hawley

Dick Pope

Henry Woolley

Mike Wood

Danielle Brandon

Suzie Davies

Gail Egan

Melanie Heseltine

Simon Mein

James Buckler

Iain Struthers

Rab Wilson

Steve Schwalbe

Gary Yershon

Ian Newton

Steve Young

Rob Weatherall

Andrew Glen

Brian Greenway

Chris Tarry

Julian Nix

Tamsin Wright

Karen Redman

Helen Grearson

Gary Hutchings

Paul House

John Claude

Nina Gold

Georgina Lowe

Sarah McBryde

Edward Wise

Tim Hands

Emer O'Sullivan

Charlie Lynam

Brian Green

Sinéad Kidao

Caroline Harper

Alex Paterakis

Philip James Booth

Kharmel Cochrane

Terry Davies

Tim Fraser

Andrea Cripps

Chris Allies

Alex Gascoigne

Mark Paterson

Daragh Coghlan

Tony Goulding

Nigel Stone

Tracey Josephs

Mike Leigh

Jacqueline Durran

Comedy

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A Running Jump

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United Kingdom

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Peter McGinn

Some short films are whole and complete the way they are. Others come to an end leaving things, real or implied, hanging in the air. They make me ask the question, “Why didn’t they make this a full-length film and tell the entire story?” This is one of the latter type, in my opinion. I know Mike Leigh is great at making full-length films and this should have been one of them.

I like Eddie Marsan, and they have surrounded him with a fine ensemble cast, who we seem to barely get to know by the time the movie is finished. Mind you, where Eddie’s character is concerned, there is a frenetic quality to his scenes that might be hard to maintain and keep interesting if overused, but perhaps the rest of the cast could take up the slack.

But anyway, it is what it is, as the saying goes. It is interesting but not memorable like a few other of Mike Leigh’s other films are. There is no real drama or tension, or comedy for that matter, just a wry and subtle humorous tone which would work even better with a more in0depth storyline. Perhaps “A Running Jump” accomplished what it set out to do, but I still lament to a slight degree its failing to live up to its potential.

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