Advantages: A sweet, self-deprecating family comedy Disadvantages: Some of the characters are a little one-dimensional
All Bernie wants is to be noticed. He's picked last for sports at school, is forgotten at the seaside by his family and is always in his older brother Alvie's shadow. So with his bar mitzvah coming up he finally thinks it's time for his moment in the spotlight. So he plans everything with military precision from venues down to streamers. But then he discovers his party will clash with the 1966 World Cup final. No-one expects England to get past the ... ...the competition progresses, Bernie watches his celebration diminish in size. While the rest of the country is willing the team on to glory at Wembley, Bernie is praying for their downfall…
Based on what happened to his bar mitzvah, "Mr Bean" director Peter Weiland, ably recreates the mid-sixties in this warm and gentle family comedy. It isn't "Swinging London" we see, but the deeply conservative suburbs where there's less shagging and more shagpile. ...
afy9mab 22.12.2006
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Sixty Six (DVD)
Advantages: Great British film Disadvantages: none
The film Sixty Six was actually made in 2006 and the title refers to a couple of momentous events forty years previously. The two events are firstly, unsurprisingly, England winning the football World Cup and secondly, a young Jewish boy's Bar Mitzvah which unfortunately is due to take place on the same day as the final. The boy in question is Bernie Rubens (Greg Sulkin) and many months before his big day he starts planning the event. In his eyes, ... ...least match his older brother Alvie's, but preferably to completely outdo it! Unfortunately, he is unaware that his father's small shop is struggling against the competition of the advent of larger supermarkets, and that his parents' plans are on a much lesser scale! It is bound to head for disappointment. At the same time the World Cup finals are gaining momentum although at first no one expects England to do very well. However, Bernie is aware ...
kingfisher111 11.10.2009
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Sixty Six (DVD)
It is the summer or '66, and England is about to be consumed by World Cup Fever. For 12 ... more
year-old Bernie though, the biggest day of his life is looming: his Bar Mitzvah, and the day he becomes a man.Bernie's family are increasingly distracted by the thr...
It is the summer of '66 and England is about to be consumed by World Cup Fever. For 12 ... more
year-old Bernie though the biggest day of his life is looming: his Bar Mitzvah and the day he becomes a man. However Bernie's family are increasingly distracted ...
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