Sixty Six (film)

Sixty Six
Sixty Six
	British theatrical release poster
Directed by	Paul Weiland
Written by	Bridget O'Connor; Peter Straughan
Story by	Paul Weiland & Taylor Gathercole
Produced by	Tim Bevan; Eric Fellner; Elizabeth Karlsen
Starring	Gregg Sulkin; Helena Bonham Carter; Eddie Marsan; Stephen Rea
Narrated by	Maximilian Law (uncredited)
Cinematography	Daniel Landin
Edited by	Paul Tothill
Music by	Joby Talbot
Production; companies	Working Title Films; StudioCanal; WT2 Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures (UK); UIP (UK); First Independent Pictures (USA)
Release dates	3 November 2006 (UK); 1 August 2008 (U.S.);
Running time	93 min.
Countries	United Kingdom; France
Language	English
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 1966 football World Cup Final, 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 watch the end of the match.

Cast

Gregg Sulkin as Bernie Reubens
Helena Bonham Carter as Esther Reubens
Eddie Marsan as Immanuel "Manny" Reubens
Ben Newton as Alvie Reubens
Elliot Cukier as Young Alvie Reubens (uncredited)
Thomas Drewson as Terry Shivers
Peter Serafinowicz as Uncle Jimmy / Mr. Reubens, Sr. / Football Commentator
Stephen Grief as Uncle Henry
Catherine Tate as Aunt Lila
Stephen Rea as Dr. Barrie
Geraldine Somerville as Alice Barrie
Maria Charles as Mrs Glitzman
Vincenzo Nicoli as Leo
Maximilian Law as Narrator (uncredited)

Reception

The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 65%, based on 51 reviews, with an average rating of 5.9/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Likable but overly sentimental, Sixty Six has snatches of sharp dialogue but is ultimately too predicable."^[1] On Metacritic, the film holds a score of 57 out of 100, based on 11 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[2]

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."^[3] 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."^[4] The New York Times described the film as "A dolorous comedy that leans heavily, if inoffensively, on ethnic stereotypes."^[5]

References

^ "Sixty Six (2006)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 14 February 2018.
^ "Sixty Six". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
^ "Film Review: Sixty Six". The Hollywood Reporter. 2 July 2008.
^ Ebert, Roger (27 August 2008). "Sixty Six (review)". Chicago Sun-Times.
^ "Movie Review: Sixty Six (2006)-A Struggle Toward Manhood". New York Times. 1 August 2008.

External links

[1] "Sixty Six (2006)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 14 February 2018.

[2] "Sixty Six". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 22 November 2017.

[3] "Film Review: Sixty Six". The Hollywood Reporter. 2 July 2008.

[4] Ebert, Roger (27 August 2008). "Sixty Six (review)". Chicago Sun-Times.

[5] "Movie Review: Sixty Six (2006)-A Struggle Toward Manhood". New York Times. 1 August 2008.

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