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Borrowed Time (15)

The story of two totally contrasting figures who come together in the most hostile of circumstances, only to form an unlikely bond that will help them both find a way out of their respective troubles.


The critical consensus

Avoiding reliance on showy style and eschewing recourse to popular genre storytelling, Bishop has instead delivered a well-conceived, neatly executed, funny and touching film that has intelligent things to say about youth and old age.

****(*)Miles Fielder, The List, 06/09/2013

The story could have been told as a grim social-realist parable but Bishop wisely aims for Ealing-style comedy.

**(*)(*)(*)Geoffrey Macnab, The Independent, 12/09/2013

The tone of the film may be a little too cartoonish and whimsical for its own good but this is still a winning, odd-couple heartwarmer.

***(*)(*)Allan Hunter, Daily Express, 13/09/2013

It's only Davis's unsentimental fleshing out of this whiskery, Steptoe-esque coot that saves the film from total familiarity.

**(*)(*)(*)Mike McCahill, The Guardian, 12/09/2013

Life is too short for this kind of Brit flick.

Martyn Conterio, Little White Lies, 12/09/2013

Where and when?

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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