Watch: Outside Bet 2012 123movies, Full Movie Online – Set against the turbulent mid 1980s of money, privatization, unions and dramatic media evolution: A life-long group of friends find themselves at the bad end of a redundancy pay-out and invest their savings into a racehorse, hoping that one final race can turn their fortunes around..
Plot: A group of print workers in 1980s London club together to buy a race horse.
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You can bet on it
Movies are so niche these days. Each new release is blinkered to focus on a very specific audience. Rarely do you find a film that you can take your whole family to without feeling that you stooped to the lowest common denominator in an attempt to please and suit them all. Problem solved with the release of “Outside Bet.” Sacha Bennett ably directs assured performances from familiar faces including Bob Hoskins, Jenny Agutter, Phil Davis, as well as from new talents Emily Attack and Calum MacNab in a funny, touching, and at the finish, cheering comedy. Set in the ’80’s, when Wapping replaced Fleet Street in one fell swoop, a group of redundant print-workers buy a racehorse. The result is thoroughly enjoyable; a very likable film with some truly priceless moments. An “Outside Bet” is just what we all need right now. Go to the cinema and put your money on it. It’s a winner!
This plot still itches for a good comedy film
The plot of this British film had real promise for a comedy. The characters are a mostly good collection for pulling it off. The screenplay is fairly good, and all the cast are okay. The dialog is fairly straight forward. So, it’s apparently not intended to be a comedy with much witticism. The scenes are well done and the countryside scenery toward the end is fine.With all of that, “Outside Bet” still missed the bet of being a very good film. Its feel is very slow. The scenes in the print shop seem to set the mood. The time of this film, with labor and social clashes in England, plays in the story and may be too much for the comedy to stand out. And, with pictures of people who hardly seem to be doing much work at the print business, it’s hard for a viewer to empathize with this group.
Toss in the gratuitous sex scenes of modern cinema (although not terribly graphic), and the story and movie here are more ho-hum than interesting. What little comedy there is gets buried in the mix.
Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 41 min (101 min)
Budget 7500000
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Status Released
Rated Not Rated
Genre Comedy
Director Sacha Bennett
Writer Mark Baxter, Sacha Bennett, Paolo Hewitt
Actors Jenny Agutter, Bob Hoskins, Vincent Regan
Country United Kingdom
Awards 1 win
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