Rent Allelujah (2022)

3.0 of 5 from 165 ratings
1h 35min
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Synopsis:
"Allelujah" is a warm, humourous, and deeply moving story about surviving old age. When the geriatric ward in a small Yorkshire hospital is threatened with closure, the hospital decides to fight back. "Allelujah" celebrates the spirit of the elderly patients whilst paying tribute to the deep humanity of the medical staff battling with limited resources and ever-growing demand.
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Damian Jones, Kevin Loader
Writers:
Alan Bennett, Heidi Thomas
Studio:
Pathe
Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Collections:
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BBFC:
Release Date:
29/05/2023
Run Time:
95 minutes
Languages:
English Audio Description Dolby Digital 2.0, English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
English, English Hard of Hearing
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Alan Bennett Featurette
  • NHS Tribute Featurette
  • Original Theatrical Trailer
BBFC:
Release Date:
29/05/2023
Run Time:
99 minutes
Languages:
English Audio Description, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • Alan Bennett Featurette
  • NHS Tribute Featurette
  • Original Theatrical Trailer

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Reviews (5) of Allelujah

What? - Allelujah review by Ellers

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27/06/2023

I was really enjoying this.

This seemed to be in the same genre of Best Marigold Hotel. Then what happened.

I would not recommend this film. Such a shame.

If you want to see a Richard Eyre film watch the children Act (2017).

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Typical British Comedy/Drama - Allelujah review by GI

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14/05/2024

A typically sweet British comedy drama set in a failing Yorkshire geriatric hospital. Adapted from an Alan Bennett play this has the witticisms that you'd expect from a Bennett inspired script and the well known cast are all on top form. The story is that this locally beloved hospital is scheduled for closure by the unfeeling bureaucrats in the Health Ministry because it's losing money. But a local campaign is underway to try and stop this. The staff led by the indomitable matron played by Jennifer Saunders rail against closure and the ignorance of the politicians who can't see beyond their spreadsheets. The patients are a collection of British stalwart actors such as Judy Dench and Derek Jacobi and who are played for laughs mostly by being curmudgeonly. It's Dench character, a retired librarian, who reveals a surprising plot twist that turns the film into a dark corner! But the focus of the film is around David Bradley's ex miner who exaggerates his illness in order to stay in the hospital rather than return to the care home he came from. He's visited by his son, Colin (Russell Tovey) who happens to be a Government mandarin and who is converted to the cause of people over money during the course of the film. Essentially this is an ode to the National Health Service and apart from the quite unpredictable twist the film follows a fairly obvious narrative arc. It's all pleasant and entertaining with several messages intermixed regarding death, the value of people even when old, the political ramifications of privatising the Heath Service etc etc and that's all wrapped up in a neat little film that probably worked better on the stage in some areas.

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A film of two halves....but worth the effort - Allelujah review by MT

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21/02/2024

The first half of the film is pretty slow, somewhat uncoordinated and provided very little engagement with the characters and that's with the stellar talent in the cast. I can't blame the cast as the problem lies with the screenplay. So having watched the first half with everyone in the family wondering if there was a point to it, we all enjoyed the second half and the completely shocking and surprising turn of events portrayed. Given the strength of the ending, we all forgave the slow and uncoordinated start and consider the film to be one of the better watches over the last few months.

For those reviewers who reference the NHS, well this is an act of fiction and no one should draw any comparison with the NHS on any scale.

So if you prepare yourself for a slowish start then I think the ending really makes up for this and turns the film from below average to very good. I actually feel three stars is maybe a little mean on my behalf but the ending is a solid four stars. We've talked about the film over the next few days which is clearly a sign of something which strikes a nerve.

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