Papadopoulos & Sons

I didn't find this funny, or especially thought provoking. The characters seemed quite cliched and the plot was pretty obvious - I didn't feel a lot of warmth towards the characters and it just didn't interest me.

Hey, know what? This was alright. Dellane and Corraface bounce off each other well, offering performances sturdy enough to carry both the cliches and the twists of the story. Huh. For a movie upon which I randomly stumbled, it rather surprised me. "The Greeks are back!"

I really enjoyed the movie. I watched the entire movie through and was never bored. I liked ALL of the characters.

Just terrible. One of the most boring films that I have EVER seen.

A mildly implausible feelgood movie with some stock ingredients and its heart firmly in the right place. Fun to watch but not one to set the world on fire. It's better to fry fish and chips than to run an over-leveraged business empire. Greeks and Turks can be friends and neighbours in working class London. Who knew.

As the main character doesn't adhere to a generic stereotype of where he immigrated from, this is a refreshing take on a familiar looking comedy drama, however some of these can be found in the supporting characters.

Just saw this movie. Why didn't this get noticed more ! Stephen Dillane is fantastic ! A beautiful movie about jobs, money , love, and family. It's a comedy , drama, and a lesson to learn about where your priorities should matter the most !

An enjoyable film, but not one that really leaves much of an impression. The highlight of the film is the view it takes of the immigrant experience in England, which it handles in a low key manner as if there's nothing at all unusual in it. Because there isn't. Stephen Dillane is entertaining in the lead, even if it's obvious what narrative arc he's going to follow. He's the businessman out of touch with his emotions who needs the somewhat more anarchic spirit that his estranged brother has in order to loosen up. His brother is a fun character played in a Zorba the Greeky way as cheerful but a bit irresponsible. The two of them together are fun, as is the rest of his family who all feel like defined characters rather than just being along for the ride. The real problem is that the film doesn't really know where it wants to go, apart from the obvious recovering his humanity angle. The finance plot either drags endlessly or advances instantaneously with no real in between. This becomes most apparent when the film seems to realize there are only twenty minutes or so left in the story and it needs to find a way to wrap up all the loose ends, which it does in a very rushed and sloppy manner. Character moments show up for no reason and it attempts to mine for pathos in the oldest independent trick in the book by adding an unexpected death to bring narrative closure. The fact that the majority of the film doesn't really need a plot is all that saves it. The little vignettes of their lives are fun to watch and that is what people will enjoy about the film.

La típica historia de la familia rica que lo pierde todo y eso los une y se dan cuenta que son felices. Obviamente basada en El Gran Calavera sin darle créditos.

A tedious film from start to finish. It's heart is in the right place, but there's no beat to it.