Things to Do Before You're 30
| Things To Do Before You're 30 | |
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| Directed by | Simon Shore |
| Written by | Patrick Wilde |
| Produced by | Marc Samuelson Peter Samuelson |
| Starring | Billie Piper Emilia Fox Dougray Scott Jimi Mistry Shaun Parkes |
| Distributed by | Momentum |
Release dates |  2 June, 2006 29 April, 2005 22 July, 2005 |
Running time | 101 min |
| Language | English |
Things To Do Before You're 30 (2004) is a British film about a group of twenty-something friends trying desperately to hang on to the friendship of their youth whilst the responsibility of adulthood is tearing them in different directions. It was written by Patrick Wilde, based on the Dutch feature film, All Stars, written by Mischa Alexander and Jean van de Velde.
Things To Do Before You're 30 is set in Greenwich, London with a large ensemble cast including Dougray Scott, Emilia Fox, Billie Piper, Jimi Mistry, Shaun Parkes, Bruce Mackinnon, George Innes, George Irving, Rosie Cavaliero, Nina Young, David Paul West & Neil McGuinness.
Synopsis
In 1983 Don Robson (George Innes) started a boys football team called Athletico Greenwich. Twenty years later six of the lads are still playing for the team, but things have got so much more complicated.
Cass (Dougray Scott), the team's top scorer on and off the pitch, isn't sure he's ready for fatherhood with Kate (Emilia Fox), the love of his life. Adam (Shaun Parkes) still hasn't told the rest of the team he's gay. Colin (Bruce Mackinnon) is desperate to have a threesome even though he's just started going out with the lovely Vicky (Billie Piper). Dylan (Jimi Mistry) is in love with the woman his father is about to marry. Billy (Roger Morlidge) is trying to save his marriage. Johnny (Danny Nussbaum) is not ready to accept the fact that his father, who started the team all those years ago, is dying.
Whilst it is the Sunday football team that keeps this group of friends together, this is not a film about football. We never even see a ball get kicked. This is a film about complex relationships, and how childhood friends have to change as they mature.[1]
Production
Much of the film was shot on the Isle of Man, taking advantage of favourable tax incentives, during 2003. Additional locations in London provided an authentic backdrop required for key scenes to place the film in Greenwich.
Reception
The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004,[2] and received largely negative reviews, Channel 4 Film calling it a "charmless film full of gender clichés and lumpen dialogue. Not one to put on your 'things to do' list."[3]