Bigga than Ben

Bigga than Ben

Film poster
Directed by Suzie Halewood
Produced by Suzie Halewood
Liz Holford
Melissa Simmonds
Written by Suzie Halewood
Starring Ben Barnes
Andrei Chadov
Ovidiu Matesan
Hero Fiennes-Tiffin
Cinematography Ben Moulden
Distributed by High Fliers Films
Release dates
  • 31 May 2008 (Brooklyn International Film Festival)
  • 10 October 2008 (United Kingdom)
Running time
85 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Bigga than Ben is a 2008 British black comedy film written and directed by Suzie Halewood. The film is based on the 1999 Russian novel of the same name.

It was released on 10 October 2008 in the United Kingdom and 18 November 2008 in the United States. It stars Ben Barnes, Andrei Chadov, Ovidiu Matesan and Hero Fiennes-Tiffin.

Plot

This dark comedy from the UK, is a tale of two selfish, wayward young Russian backpackers who come to London in an attempt to amass an easy fortune.

But it’s not too long before Spiker and Cobakka realize that legally, they aren’t going to get very far. So, aided by the dodgy Artash they learn to shoplift from supermarkets, rip off banks, joyride on the London Underground and turn mobile phones into crack cocaine.

Cast

Critical reception

Bigga than Ben received generally favourable reviews from critics. The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 60% of critics gave the film positive reviews.

Cosmo Landesman in The Sunday Times gave the film four stars and said the film was "Dark, funny, charming, fast, immoral, decadent and delightful. The best double act buddies since Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid."[1]

London's Time Out said, "Makes Dirty Pretty Things look like a government advisory documentary... street-smart, non-PC and very funny" and also gave the film four stars.[2]

References

  1. The Sunday Times review. .
  2. The Time Out review. .

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