Ill-fated noble experiment of a boxing club for the unlikely lads in a provincial English nowheresville. The harsh black-and-white photography, evocative of the kitchen-sink heyday, is an unexpected attraction, and Bob Hoskins is dependably one. But too little boxing (too little training, for certain), too many pop-song interludes, and too garbled a tone. Directed by Shane Meadows. (1998) — Duncan Shepherd
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