The Other Half

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

This is a great movie. So much fun! Danny's Dyers character is a bastard for getting tickets to football matches on his honeymoon, but he is so cute, you can't really hate him. There are two characters,Alan and John that are HILARIOUS. They are these bumbling idiot commentators that are following the couple around (unbeknownst to them) and keeping score. They play off each other so well, that you fall in love with them by the end of the movie. It was shot in Portugal and it looks fantastic. The colours are vibrant and it makes Potugal look wonderful.This movie is a definite must see! The guys will appreciate the football and the love for the game and the women will love the romance part of it and everyone will love how none of us can understand where the other is coming from when it comes to football. It's a shame it's not being released in the cinema. It deserves to be! I'll be the first out to buy it.

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??

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.