Late Night Shopping (2001)

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Fantastic!

It's an amazing and heartbreaking story.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

OK I caught this film halfway through, but.oh.dear.god.it.sounds.like.they're.all.reading.from.scripts.Especially that guy who is now in Teachers and the Book Group, although at least he has proved that he can act if he wants to! (the part where someone has a heart attack stands out as a bastion of bad film making both in terms of acting, scripting and general plausibility) It quite clearly appears to be a cash-in on Human Traffic, but whilst that is not the best film ever, it is at least original and had actors whose delivery did not resemble that of earnest-yet-hopeless GCSE students trying to get a pass grade. Not so much as Human Traffic as a bit of a car crash!

After eying this movie at the local library, I thought I'd rent it. The set up sounded interesting, and My cousin lives in Glasgow. It was very well done, the acting believable so the workers who watch this movie will relate, the set ups are funny like when one person car has a bad radio station playing only bad 80's love songs, which in the end is works like normal. And it's also got some sad moments like when a senior worker gets a heart attack, and the pain of being cheated on. Plus it has wit and sarcasm.And Each of the friends managing their jobs is just painful but fun, and makes you maybe want a night shift job. Definitely a film not to miss. So check this movie out at a video store. You will love it. Ben

As far as films go, this is likable enough. Entertaining characters, good dialogue, interesting enough story. I would have really quite liked it had I not been irritated immensely whilst watching at the utter disrespect it shows the city it is set in.Glasgow. In Scotland. Yet every character is English (save for Sean's girlfriend, who is Dutch). Scottish accents are heard only fleetingly in menial jobs & roles. As a Scottish woman (& as a viewer who likes her "real life" films to be a bit more like real life) I really don't think it would have hurt to use any one of the countless talented Scottish actors...or at least got English ones who could toss together a decent accent! The futile attempt at using the word "wee" a few times did nothing but to further the insult.

This film could have been superb. It was very well directed and there was lots of potential in the script. Late Night Shopping starts off with four friends chatting away, late at night in a coffee shop. This is a very good way of being introduced to the different characters and their different personalities. The only problem is this goes on for too long, and its only after an hour something happens. Sean decides to travel to a small seaside resort to find his ex girlfriend and patch things up. This could have worked quite well, and it would have been interesting to have seen more of their travels and experiences rather than them ending up in another cafe after about 5 minutes.Another problem I had with this film was James Lance, who plays Vincent. He is not a very good actor, and seemed to over do everything. He sounded a bit as if he was trying to do a Michael Caine impersonation. When we got to a serious bit, when his friend in the supermarket dies, his distraught act was a little hard to believe. However, despite these problems, I quite enjoyed this film. Kate Ashfield is a fine actress, and I also enjoyed the performance of Enzo Cliente, who played Lenny. I would have liked to have seen a bit more of these two as they were by far the funniest characters and by far the best actors. It was also nice to see Norfolks finest, the very beautiful Sienna Guillory put in an appearance! Overall this was a well shot and decently acted film, but it was slightly frustrating thinking what might have been. 6/10