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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Funny Cow
| name = Funny Cow
| image = Funny Cow.png
| image = Funny Cow.png
| caption =
| director = [[Adrian Shergold]]
| director = [[Adrian Shergold]]
| producer = {{Plain list |
| producer = {{Plain list |
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| writer = [[Tony Pitts]]
| writer = [[Tony Pitts]]
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = {{Plain list |
| starring = {{Plain list |
* [[Maxine Peake]]
* [[Maxine Peake]]
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* [[Vic Reeves]]
* [[Vic Reeves]]
}}
}}
| narrator =
| music = {{Plain list |
| music = {{Plain list |
* [[Richard Hawley]]
* [[Richard Hawley]]
}}
| cinematography = Tony Slater Ling BSC
| cinematography = Tony Slater Ling BSC
| editing = Tania Reddin
| editing = Tania Reddin
| studio =
| studio =
| distributor = eOne
| distributor = [[Entertainment One films|eOne]]
| released = 20 April 2018 (theatrical)
| released = {{film date|2017|10|9|[[BFI London Film Festival|LFF]]|4|20|United Kingdom}}
| runtime = 103 minutes
| runtime = 103 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| country = United Kingdom
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'''''Funny Cow''''' is a 2017 British comedy drama film directed by [[Adrian Shergold]], written by [[Tony Pitts]] and starring [[Maxine Peake]], [[Paddy Considine]], Tony Pitts, [[Stephen Graham]] and [[Alun Armstrong]]. The original songs and score were composed by [[Richard Hawley]], with additional songs by Ollie Trevers. The film follows a woman making a name for herself in the stand-up comedy scene of [[working men's club]]s in northern England.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Funny Cow (2018)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3814808/?ref_=nv_sr_1|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=|website=|publisher=}}</ref>
'''''Funny Cow''''' is a 2017 British [[comedy-drama]] film directed by [[Adrian Shergold]] and written by [[Tony Pitts]]. The film stars [[Maxine Peake]], [[Paddy Considine]], Tony Pitts, [[Stephen Graham]], and [[Alun Armstrong]]. Original songs and score were composed by [[Richard Hawley]], with additional songs by Ollie Trevers. It's plot follows a woman making a name for herself in the stand-up comedy scene of [[working men's club]]s in northern England.<ref name="imdb">{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Funny Cow (2018)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3814808/?ref_=nv_sr_1|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=|website=|publisher=}}</ref>


The film had its world premiere on 9 October 2017 in the United Kingdom at the [[London Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Buy cinema tickets for Funny Cow {{!}} BFI London Film Festival 2017|url=https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online//default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=funnycow&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=|access-date=2020-10-03|website=LFF}}</ref> and was released theatrically in the UK by eOne on 20 April 2018.
''Funny Cow'' had its world premiere at the [[London Film Festival]] on 9 October 2017<ref>{{Cite web|title=Buy cinema tickets for Funny Cow {{!}} BFI London Film Festival 2017|url=https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online//default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=funnycow&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::context_id=|access-date=2020-10-03|website=LFF}}</ref>, and was released in the United Kingdom on 20 April 2018, by eOne.


==Plot==
==Plot==
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==Cast==
==Cast==
{{castlist|
{{castlist|
*[[Maxine Peake]] as Funny Cow
* [[Maxine Peake]] as Funny Cow
*[[Stephen Graham]] as Mike / Funny Calf's Dad
* [[Stephen Graham]] as Mike / Funny Calf's Dad
*[[Paddy Considine]] as Angus
* [[Paddy Considine]] as Angus
*[[Tony Pitts]] as Bob
* [[Tony Pitts]] as Bob
*[[Alun Armstrong]] as Lenny
* [[Alun Armstrong]] as Lenny
*[[Lindsey Coulson]] as Funny Cow Mum
* [[Lindsey Coulson]] as Funny Cow Mum
*[[Kevin Eldon]] as Danny
* [[Kevin Eldon]] as Danny
*[[Christine Bottomley]] as Funny Calf Mum
* [[Christine Bottomley]] as Funny Calf Mum
*[[Hannah Walters]] as Jean
* [[Hannah Walters]] as Jean
*[[John Bishop]] as Colin Pine
* [[John Bishop]] as Colin Pine
*[[Vic Reeves]] as Ventriloquist (Credited as Jim Moir)
* [[Vic Reeves]] as Ventriloquist (Credited as Jim Moir)
*[[Corinne Bailey Rae]] as Coffee
* [[Corinne Bailey Rae]] as Coffee
*[[Richard Hawley]] as Cream / Rodney Chittingdon
* [[Richard Hawley]] as Cream / Rodney Chittingdon
*[[Kevin Rowland]] as Jeff
* [[Kevin Rowland]] as Jeff
*[[Diane Morgan]] as Margaret
* [[Diane Morgan]] as Margaret
*Hebe Beardsall as Young Funny Cow
* Hebe Beardsall as Young Funny Cow
*Macy Shackleton as Funny Calf
* Macy Shackleton as Funny Calf
*[[Dominic Brunt]] as Landlord
* [[Dominic Brunt]] as Landlord
*[[Robert Curtis (actor)|Robert Curtis]] as Dial House Concert Secretary
* [[Robert Curtis (actor)|Robert Curtis]] as Dial House Concert Secretary
*[[Bobby Knutt]] as Crookes Club Concert Secretary
* [[Bobby Knutt]] as Crookes Club Concert Secretary
*Graham Hughes as Jacques LeCock
* Graham Hughes as Jacques LeCock
*[[Duggie Brown]] as Old Man
* [[Duggie Brown]] as Old Man
*Tom Gibbons as Young Bob
* Tom Gibbons as Young Bob
*Jayne Bickerton as Mad Woman
* Jayne Bickerton as Mad Woman
*Alfie Graham as Liam
* Alfie Graham as Liam
*Grace Graham as Debs
* Grace Graham as Debs
}}
}}


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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|3814808}}
* {{IMDb title|3814808}}


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[[Category:2010s English-language films]]
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[[Category:2010s British films]]


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Revision as of 17:29, 6 November 2022

{{Infobox film | name = Funny Cow | image = Funny Cow.png | director = Adrian Shergold

| producer =

| writer = Tony Pitts

| starring =

| music =

Funny Cow is a 2017 British comedy-drama film directed by Adrian Shergold and written by Tony Pitts. The film stars Maxine Peake, Paddy Considine, Tony Pitts, Stephen Graham, and Alun Armstrong. Original songs and score were composed by Richard Hawley, with additional songs by Ollie Trevers. It's plot follows a woman making a name for herself in the stand-up comedy scene of working men's clubs in northern England.[1]

Funny Cow had its world premiere at the London Film Festival on 9 October 2017[2], and was released in the United Kingdom on 20 April 2018, by eOne.

Plot

Funny Cow[3] charts the rise to stardom of a female comedian through the 1970s and 1980s. It is set against the backdrop of working men's clubs and the stand-up comedy circuit of the north of England.

Cast

Production

Funny Cow was shot entirely on location in January and February 2017 in Leeds, Bradford, Saltaire and Harrogate. The principal production company was POW Films. Post Production was at Lipsync Post in London and the financing production partner was Gizmo Films Productions.[citation needed]

Reception

Funny Cow received high praise on release with four star reviews from The Guardian,[4] Empire,[5] The Evening Standard,[6] The Financial Times,[7] The Independent,[8] FilmSeekers,[9] Screen Mayhem[10] and with The Times[11] and The Daily Star awarding a full five stars.

BFI magazine Sight and Sound listed Funny Cow as their Film Of The Week.[12] Mark Kermode also made it his Film Of The Week[13] for the April 2018 theatrical release and reviewed it again for the August 2018 DVD release[14] Noting the division in critics' perception of the film and central character, Kermode emphasised that "its heart is absolutely in the right place but I think that is because it is not ashamed to depict the world it is actually representing".[citation needed]

The film garnered two BIFA nominations in 2018:[15] Best Actress for Maxine Peake and Best Music for Richard Hawley.

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a certified fresh rating of 79%, based on 42 reviews. The website's consensus reads, "Funny Cow rests almost entirely on Maxine Peake's performance -- which proves more than capable of shouldering the weight of this affecting period drama."[16]

References

  1. ^ "Funny Cow (2018)".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Buy cinema tickets for Funny Cow | BFI London Film Festival 2017". LFF. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Funny Cow".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Funny Cow review – Maxine Peake blazes in the dark days of standup". The Guardian. 11 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Funny Cow". Empire. 16 April 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Funny Cow review: Maxine Peake equally loveable and loathable in excruciating, inspiring drama". Evening Standard. 20 April 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Funny Cow — Maxine Peake lights up strange stand-up story". www.ft.com. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Film reviews roundup: Funny Cow, The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Society, Let The Sunshine In, The Leisure Seeker, Every Day". The Independent. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  9. ^ "LFF '17: Funny Cow". www.filmseekers.com. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  10. ^ Salt, Paul (18 April 2018). "'Funny Cow' Review: Maxine Peake Triumphs in this Bleakly Hilarious Slice of Northern Comedy". Screen Mayhem. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  11. ^ Maher, Kevin. "Film review: Funny Cow". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  12. ^ "Funny Cow review: a tough tale of hard times and dark humour | Sight & Sound". British Film Institute. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  13. ^ "Kermode and Mayo".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Kermode Uncut".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  15. ^ "Funny Cow · BIFA · British Independent Film Awards". BIFA · British Independent Film Awards. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Funny Cow". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 16 August 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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