One of those films you think will come to a conclusion for all the time you have investined in it and then it just peters out to ... NOTHING! I rather wish I hadn't bothered. On top of all that, there were no extras - one of the main reasons I am sticking with hired discs instead of streaming.
A low key, slow paced drama with a mystery in the narrative that allows the journey of self discovery of a dull chap to occur. Timothy Spall, one of Britain's acting treasures, plays Peter, a bachelor who is forced to retire from the Manchester bank he has worked at all his life. His daily routines are shattered when he finds nothing to do so he decides to visit his brother who lives in Benidorm. Peter views life through the prism of his amateur meteorology passion, taking endless pictures of clouds, but he is unprepared when he finds his brother has disappeared. The film is then mainly concerned with Peter bumbling around the bright night streets of this tourist town with the director highlighting the crass nature of tourism and the mainly British luddites that frequent it. Peter is aided in his quest by a love interest played impeccably by Sarita Choudhury. Spall is however as good as always in this character piece. It's a quirky little film that won't be for everyone but it's worth checking out.
As with so many films, the director feels he MUST set the scene. But he goes on and on setting the scene.
After a quarter of the film goes by it is hard to stay awake. Eventually the search for his naughty brother falls flat.
What the heroine sees in Tim Spall makes one wonder how desperate she must be. However, she has a novel place to keep her pearls!
One to miss.