Rent To Be Someone (2020)
1.9 of 5 from 27 ratings
1h 20min
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- Synopsis:
As the co-owner of a popular mods nightclub and with a successful scooter shop business on the side, life couldn't be better for young entrepreneur Danny(Sam Gittins). That is until he's introduced to the club's secret financier, Mad Mike (Scott Peden), an unhinged gangster who coerces Danny into completing an illegal drugs run to The Isle of Wight in return for his shares in the club. Seeing their friend at an all-time low Danny's mates step in with an ingenious plan - they will all go to the island's annual mod festival and use the thousands of scooter enthusiasts as a cover to get out with the illicit stash. A thrilling tale of mods, music and organised crime, featuring a soundtrack by UK indie-rockers The K's and reuniting the original cast of the iconic cult classic Quadrophenia, 'To Be Someone' is a riotous and roaringly funny celebration of British scooter culture! - Actors:
- Sam Gittins, George Appleby, Leslie Ash, Amelia Bath, Perry Benson, Kerrieanne Booker, Ray Burdis, Julian Clapton, Sergio Dondi, Christie-Leigh Emby, Jared Garfield, Jonathan Holby, Trevor Laird, Lucy Lewendon, Jamie Martin, Anthony May, Shayla McCormack, Laura McMonagle, Mai Murphy, Colin Murtagh
- Directors:
- Ray Burdis
- Producers:
- Ray Burdis, Tiernan Hanby, Martin Richards
- Writers:
- Ray Burdis, Pete Meadows
- Studio:
- Kaleidoscope Home Ent.
- Genres:
- Comedy
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Reviews (3) of To Be Someone
Bury it - To Be Someone review by JT
I *so* wanted to love this film, even like it at best. Asking for a Quadrophenia 2 was probably a bit much (after all Quadrophenia is my favourite film of all time), but To Be Someone doesn't even deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence. There wasn't one original idea in it - practically all of it was pinched from previous Brit gangster films and the like (the main protagonist looking directly into the camera to describe other characters is only one example). The "comedy" element - much of which was involving the antics of the brothel and its clients, was frankly just a flatliner. Very sad. Very, very sad. In a way though, I'm glad, as Quadrophenia remains untouched and untouchable, and To Be Someone should be buried where it belongs.
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Pony - To Be Someone review by NS
Pony.
Eartha.
Spinal Tap.
Chinese Jane Horrocks.
Cat flap.
Me ‘old dad.
The German sausage movie ever.
Geddit?
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Unfinished, slapdash and amateur - To Be Someone review by AER
Ray Burdis returns with a pitiful comedy that features many of the cast of Quadrophenia. Leaning heavily into mod culture, this is a shoddy rush job which is unfunny, badly acted and an embarrassment for all concerned. It's very amateurish compared to Burdis' The Wee Man, and even his older films like Love, Honour and Obey... One to avoid like roadkill for dinner.
0.5 out of 10
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