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Synopsis: The story of Joseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction. As Joseph's life spirals into turmoil, a chance at redemption appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker. Their relationship develops to reveal that Hannah is hiding a secret of her own with devastating consequences to both of their lives.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Paddy Considine
Production: Strand Releasing
  Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 20 wins & 22 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
65
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
NOT RATED
Year:
2011
92 min
£22,088
Website
1,107 Views


...Oh, no, you steal 'em...

...You were all right,

you came for the night...

...And you loved, you loved to fight...

...And you don't just shake our hands...

...Oh, no, you feel 'em...

...So do a little something

like call my name...

...Jack, I want you back...

...So do a little something

like call my name...

...See your soon, Jack...

...Show me love...

...I'll do the same ...

...(Cheering)...

...(Music over dialogue)...

...(I PROCLAIMERS: 'All Our Cares Away')...

...Mary loves the Grouse...

...Hides the bottles round the house...

...She watches chat

shows and the soaps...

...Broken-hearted but she copes...

...Michael's out of work...

...Feels he's sinking in the murk...

...He's unshaven and a mess...

...Finds it hard some days to dress...

...Stevie smashed the delf...

...Cos he can't express himself...

...He's consumed by rage...

...Like his father at his age...

...Rita's little child...

...Has a lovely little smile...

...But this means nothing to her father...

...Because he's never even seen her...

...We sing...

...Sing all our cares away...

...We'll live...

...To fight another day...

...Yeah, we sing...

...Sing all our cares away...

...Yeah, we'll live...

...To love another day...

...We grow strong from it all...

...We grow strong...

...Or we fall...

...We grow strong ...

...(Voices outside)...

...(Sam) Mum.

Mum, they stole my bunny.

(Laughter)

Sam. Come here in here. Sam.

Sam, come in here now.

(Sam) I'm going to kill you.

I hate you, Bod.

You're a f***ing bastard.

Give me him.

My dad gave me him.

I'm going to kill you.

Hannah.

- (Gasps)

It's OK. Sorry.

OK? Sorry.

- It's all right.

It's 11 o'clock.

You want a cup of tea?

- Yes, please.

How's your head?

It's not great. I'll survive.

Just milk?

- Mm. Yes, please.

(indistinct chatter)...

We'll fix it or get you another.

- He's my bunny. I want to keep it.

(Woman) Sam, I'm sorry.

(Hannah) Why Tyrannosaur?

What?

About your wife.

Tyrannosaurus or something?

Oh, Tyranno... Right, yeah.

It was...

It was just a joke. A joke name.

Seen 'Jurassic Park'?

You know, the movie?

Do you remember

there's a scene in the car,

the kids are scared

and they're looking at the glass...

...and you hear the Tyrannosaur coming?

As it thumps its way towards them,

the glass starts to ripple.

So, my wife was a big lady.

You'd hear her going up the stairs.

And it was like boom, boom, boom, boom.

And I swear if I put a cup of tea

on the sideboard,

you'd see the same ripples in my tea.

So I called her the Tyrannosaur.

I thought it was funny.

I was being a c*nt.

Did you love her?

- Mm-hm.

And I hated her as well.

She was a simple lady.

Had this naive faith in people.

Would forgive anyone for anything.

Used to drive me f***ing nuts.

So full of forgiveness and love...

And I stomped the love out of her.

I'm not proud of it.

I thought she was dumb.

But she wasn't. She was beautiful.

Do you wish she was still here now?

- No.

I'd still treat her like a dog.

- Why?

Cos I'm not a nice human being.

I don't agree.

I think you're a good person.

You don't know anything, girl.

I feel safe with you.

Nobody's safe with me.

(Doorbell rings)...

...(Gasps)

Hey there. How you doing?

Hope you don't mind.

I wanted to cook something for you...

...to say thank you for looking after me.

And, erm, I've got something in here.

Just to brighten the place up a bit

and to say thank you.

Are you OK?

Sorry. I didn't want to force it on you.

I just wanted to say thanks.

You're f***ed.

Sorry?

I took your keys.

I went to your house.

I wanted to sort this sh*t out.

I saw him.

Yeah. Was he there? What did he say?

A load of lies.

Did he lay on the charm?

What have you done, girl?

What...what's wrong?

What are you looking at?

Who the f*** are you to judge me?

You know nothing about me.

You don't know

what that bastard did to me.

(Screams)

He... He raped me.

Oh, God...

He put things inside me.

He put glass inside me.

I wanted to have babies.

All I wanted was to have babies

and to be a mummy.

Oh, God. Help.

Please help.

Will you hold me?

Will you hold me, please?

No...

Please... Heavenly Father, help me.

(Joseph) 'Dear Hannah.

'It's taken me a while to put this together.

'I'm not so great at writing letters,

but I wanted to get in touch.

'Life's been mad for me

in the past 12 months.

'Been awful sick for a number of reasons.

'I don't know if it got in the papers to you,

'but Samuel got attacked by that dog.

'That f***ing c*nt

who was seeing to his mother...

'got the doggy wound up so much...

'that it turned on the nearest thing to it.'

Give me that f***ing bunny.

'It happened to be my buddy's face.

'F***ing thing nearly got chewed up.

'I could see it coming.

'An animal can only take

so much punishment and humiliation...

'before it snaps, fights back.

'That's its nature, you know?

'I felt responsible for the boy.

'But I was trying to turn over

a new chapter in my life.

(Dog barks)...

'Events sent me a bit gaga.

'And my head just went.

(Whines)...

'That is the second little dog I've killed.

'I'm not proud, cos I love dogs.

'But it had to be done

to even things up in my mind a bit.

'Think I went a bit native.

'That's what Tommy told me.'

No.

''You went native.' '

- My f***ing dog.

'That sounded about right somehow.'

F***. You f***ing c*nt.

I'll f***ing kill you.

I'm gonna f***ing kill you.

I'm gonna f***ing kill you.

You sick f***er.

Come on. Come on.

You wanna go to war?

It was my f***ing doggy, man.

I'll f***ing kill you.

Come on.

That's my baby.

He's killed my f***ing baby, man.

That's my (10993.

My f***ing baby, man.

'So I did get a bit of time for it.

'Got a lot of letters from people who said,

''Well done. Good on you.

I'd have done the same thing.'

'But nobody ever does.

They all think it, but I do it.

'That's the difference between me

and you and the rest of the world.

'When I got out,

I thought I'd make a new start.

'I don't do the drink like I used to.

I just decided enough was enough.

'I put flowers

on my Pauline's grave every week.

'I prayed for you the other day.

'It's not something I do,

but I found I was saying a prayer.

'Don't even believe in all that shite,

as you well know.

'I'd like to come and see you.

There's things I want you to know.

'You asked me once about why I went

in the shop, but I never told you.

'I didn't go in there looking for God.

'I wanted you.

'Apart from Sam, you were the only

person that smiled at me around here.

'And I wanted it.

'I wanted it to soak into me

and brighten me up.

'And I thought you were beautiful.

'I just wanted to look at you,

that's all.

'Didn't want to know you.

'Because I knew if I got to know you,

you'd have your own shite.

'You wouldn't be perfect,

and I didn't want that feeling ruined.

'And boy, was I right.

'Anyway, I'm signing off now.

'My address is on this letter,

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Paddy Considine

Patrick George Considine (born 5 September 1973) is an English actor, filmmaker, and musician. He has played a number of dark, troubled, and morally or mentally ambiguous characters. Considine frequently collaborates with director Shane Meadows. He has starred in supporting roles in films such as 24 Hour Party People (2002), In America (2003), My Summer of Love (2004), Cinderella Man (2005), Hot Fuzz (2007), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), The World's End (2013) and Macbeth (2015), and leading roles in A Room for Romeo Brass (1999), Dead Man's Shoes (2004), The Cry of the Owl (2009), Blitz (2011), Honour (2014) and The Girl With All The Gifts (2016). Considine came to prominence in the early 2000s with a string of performances in independent film that prompted The Observer to describe him as "the best-kept secret in British movies". In addition to leading and supporting roles in Hollywood films, he has acted in independent British films and television shows such as The Suspicions of Mr Whicher (2014). He wrote and directed Tyrannosaur (2011), a film based on his directorial debut, the 2007 short film Dog Altogether. He has also acted in and directed several music videos, most notably Coldplay's video for "God Put a Smile upon Your Face" and the Arctic Monkeys video for "Leave Before the Lights Come On". Considine has received an Evening Standard British Film Award, Empire Award and Thessaloniki Film Festival Awards, as well as eight other award nominations for his acting. He has also won a BAFTA Award, British Independent Film Award, Silver Lion at the 2007 Venice Film Festival and the Seattle International Film Festival Short Film Jury Award (Narrative Special Jury Prize) for his short film Dog Altogether. He won a second BAFTA Award, British Independent Film Award, and a World Cinema Directing Award at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival for Tyrannosaur. more…

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