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Cashback

2006

Sean Ellis

Sean Biggerstaff, Emilia Fox, Shaun Evans, Michelle Ryan ...

6.5

11,939

Comedy. Drama. Romance When art student Ben Willis is dumped by his girlfriend Suzy, he develops insomnia. To pass the long hours of the night, he starts working the late night shift at the local supermarket. There he meets a colourful cast of characters, all of whom have their own 'art' in dealing with the boredom of an eight-hour-shift. Ben's art is that he imagines himself stopping time. This way, he can appreciate the artistic beauty of the frozen world ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"The film itself is whimsical and gentle (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"
		Scott Brown Entertainment Weekly	"Ellis has a lovely eye, but he’s set the film in his blind spot. Not only can’t he distinguish between art and porn, savoring and wallowing, universal truths and exhausted clichés — he doesn’t even seem interested in these distinctions"
		Ed Gonzalez Slant	"If they taught the film in schools, the class might be dubbed The Art of Boosting the Self and Ragging on Women Through Tired Aesthetics (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"
		Scott Tobias AV Club	"What might have been striking and original at 19 minutes loses its novelty at 102"
		Emily Phillips Empire	"Much more than a tits and arse farce, this is an enjoyable, if lightweight effort (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		James Berardinelli ReelViews	"A delightful romantic comedy (...) 'Cashback' isn't daring or ambitious but, despite its uneven tone and occasional tendencies to meander, it is endearing (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Time Out	"The episodic script employs so much voiceover that it feels like a DVD commentary (...) and the whole movie is laughably out of touch (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"

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