The Other Half

Really great movie, saw it at a festival in Portugal, won the People's choice award! Danny Dyer puts in his usual performance in a movie set around Euro 2004!! Vinnie Jones is also in it as his alter ego, Danny's character is fibbing to his new wife so he can watch all the England games.

It is pretty funny as they are supposed to be on honeymoon, of course she has no idea there is a football tournament on! Football movies do not always work but The Other Half keeps you guessing right to the end. Football Factory star Danny Dyer gets it spot on as he lies and cheats behind the back of new wife Gillian Kearney is from Shameless!

I Think it is getting a UK DVD release just before the World Cup??

I have had this DVD in my collection for a while now and was really looking forward to watching it. How could it miss, you've got Danny Dyer (who i think is a very underrated actor), The England football team playing in Euro 2004, and a half descent story line involving Danny Dyer's character trying to see the first 3 England group games (on their honeymoon) without his other half finding out he already had the tickets before they left.

I am thinking this could be ,Is harry on the boat meets Football Factory a cocky lad's film a real Brit classic. How wrong i was. I was gutted a real let down. Watching it i felt it tried to be to many things it should have just been a comedy and used Danny Dyer in that lad role he does so well. Also without giving too much away what the hell are those 2 guys doing commentating on whats going on in the film that was really annoying.

So do yourself a favour if your Danny Dyer fan watch The Business, Outlaw or Football Factory. If you want a chick flick leave the other half to it and go to the pub.

Utter mince, Dyer at his absolute worst, and Vinnie Jones isn't much better

It's unusual to leave the movie theatre feeling cheerful and laughing and this is how you feel after seeing The Other Half. You sympathise with the hero throughout - you're on his side and want it all to work out for him. His passion for football is the driving force of the film. This is a first film for both Richard Nockles and Marlowe Fawcett and they needed more time and money to work on the script and the supporting roles, but the music, graphics and photography are terrific. Well worth seeing especially if you like feel-good romance and football (or any sport for that matter). And well worth backing the directors on their next project.

This could and should have been so much better but directors Richard Nockles and Marlowe Fawcett cobble together a wafer thin story and film it guerilla style on the streets of Portugal during the actual Euro 2004 football competition hoping to capture some magic and atmosphere of fans at real football games but fail dismally.

Danny Dyer plays football mad Mark who promises to take his American bride Holly on a dream Honeymoon to Europe but is really planning to see several England games while he's there. After claiming the football matches to be a coincidence he tries to make it up to her when she realises he's been lying. This premise would have worked if they didn't feel the need to pad it out with dream like sequences of Mark getting advice from Vinnie Jones as a manager like figure on what to do next or the annoying narration of football commentators following them around giving a running commentary on their relationship. On paper this idea must have sounded funny but in reality it's not and tends to slow things down and becomes really annoying.

Danny Dyer is a natural at playing this type of laddish role and he's the only thing that may keep you watching. Don't expect another Football Factory (2004) because this one looks amateurish in comparison.