Cheeky is a 2003 comedy-drama film written and directed by David Thewlis and starring Thewlis, Lesley Sharp, Ian Hart, Trudie Styler, Johnny Vegas, Mark Benton and Eddie Marsan. Luc Besson served as a co-producer.
Plot
Cast David Thewlis as Harry Sankey Trudie Styler as Nancy Grey Sean Ward as Sam Sankey Lesley Sharp as Aunty Kath Ian Hart as Uncle Alan Johnny Vegas as Al Price Ruth Sheen as Tamara Lisa Gorman as Nancy Sankey Mark Benton as Big Mick Eddie Marsan as Reg
Release The film premiered at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival.
Reception David Rooney of Variety gave the film a negative review and wrote, “Sappy, sentimental and lacking bite even in its satire of something as lampoonable as television gameshows, this toothless comedy-drama about a bereaved father and son's difficult path toward reconciliation is utterly vanilla tube fodder.”
Allan Hunter of Screen International gave the film a mixed review and wrote, “An uneasy mixture of broad comedy and sticky sentiment, it is more likely to charm general audiences than please critics.”
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