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Sixty Six
British theatrical release poster
Directed byPaul Weiland
Screenplay byBridget O'Connor
Peter Straughan
Story byPaul Weiland
Taylor Gathercole
Produced byTim Bevan
Eric Fellner
Elizabeth Karlsen
StarringGregg Sulkin
Helena Bonham Carter
Eddie Marsan
Stephen Rea
Narrated byMaximilian Law (uncredited)
CinematographyDaniel Landin
Edited byPaul Tothill
Music byJoby Talbot
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures (United Kingdom; through United International Pictures)
Release dates
  • 3 November 2006 (2006-11-03) (UK)
  • 1 August 2008 (2008-08-01) (U.S.)
Running time
93 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
France
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,873,144

Sixty Six is a 2006 British biographical comedy-drama film about a bar mitzvah which takes place in London on the day of the 1966 world cup final based on the true life bar mitzvah of director Paul Weiland.

Plot

Bernie Reubens (Gregg Sulkin), a young Jewish boy, is about to have his bar mitzvah. Initially, he meticulously plans a lavish reception to upstage that of his older brother Alvie (Ben Newton), but as the family's finances lurch from one disaster to another, the family is forced to lower Bernie's expectations and stage the bar mitzvah reception at home in North London. When England reaches the final of the 1966 football World Cup, held on the same day, most of the guests make excuses not to come to the reception so that they can watch the game. In the end Bernie's father saves the day by driving Bernie to Wembley Stadium to witness the end of the match.

Cast

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 65%, based on 52 reviews, with an average rating of 6.00/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Likable but overly sentimental, Sixty Six has snatches of sharp dialogue but is ultimately too predicable."[2] On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 57 out of 100, based on reviews from 11 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[3]

The Hollywood Reporter praised the film, saying "Although the subject might sound specialized, the picture is engineered with such skill that it transcends the ethnic details to become a universal story of a boy trying to find his place in an inhospitable world."[4] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times reviewed the film as being "enlightened by Bernie's impassioned narration and by a gallery of small comic details."[5] The New York Times described the film as "A dolorous comedy that leans heavily, if inoffensively, on ethnic stereotypes."[6]

References

  1. ^ "Sixty Six "A True...ish Story" (2006)". British Film Institute.
  2. ^ "Sixty Six (2006)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Sixty Six". Metacritic. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Film Review: Sixty Six". The Hollywood Reporter. 2 July 2008.[dead link]
  5. ^ Ebert, Roger (27 August 2008). "Sixty Six (review)". Chicago Sun-Times.[dead link]
  6. ^ "Movie Review: Sixty Six (2006)-A Struggle Toward Manhood". The New York Times. 1 August 2021.
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