Marvellous
Dir: Julian Farino
2014
*****
Marvellous sums up this film perfectly. Every country has its unsung heroes, the little people that make life colourful. In England, many of these people are eccentric, modest, peculiar, everything in-between and all the better for it. Neil Baldwin is that kind of hero. He's one of those people that can do anything because no one ever told him that he couldn't, or maybe because everyone told him he couldn't, either way he achieved a lot thanks to all the wonderful little things that make him him. I'm a huge Toby Jones fan so it was great to see him in such a great role and of course doing it justice. Julian Farino is a director I've liked since he made a great little unseen gem in 1999 called The Last Yellow. A great story, a great performance and a great director makes this film fan a very happy chap. It's brilliant.