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Flashbacks of a Fool

Country: UK, Language: English, 110 mins

  • Director: Baillie Walsh
  • Writer: Baillie Walsh
  • Producer: Steffen Aumueller; Brian Avery

CGiii Comment

Craig (admirably) re-visits his (let's strip off) arthouse/low-budget days...with little success.

It looks good...but, Walsh is out of his depth - the script being...shallow.


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The(ir) Blurb...

An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his childhood best friend, Boots, takes our protagonist, and the movie, into an extended flashback to a sea-side town in 1970's Britain. Hollywood star Joe is now a teenage boy in a tentative relationship with a school-girl called Ruth. Further, his mother's friend, Evelyn, is attempting to seduce him. Engulfed by guilt at the unintended, tragic consequences of his subterfuge, he leaves home. The movie then switches back to contemporary Hollywood. Joe confronts his fear and returns to England for a difficult meeting with Ruth, who had gone on to marry Boots and has been a left a poor widow.

Cast & Characters

Emile Robert as Young Joe Scot;
Daniel Craig as Adult Joe Scot;
Julie Ordon as Carrie Ann;
Gina Athans as Apple;
Erich Conrad as Radio DJ;
Eve as Ophelia Franklin;
Emilia Fox as Sister Jean;
Annabel Linder as Dawn;
Angie Ruiz as Priscilla;
Sue Dall as Maitre D