Gabriel & Me (2001)

User Rating:

4.5/10   

Director:

Udayan Prasad

Writer:

Lee Hall (writer)

Release Date:

2 November 2001 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A young boy believes he can save his dying father if he can become an angel. |

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Iain Glen	...	Dad
David Bradley	...	Grandad
Sean Landless	...	Jimmy
Rosie Rowell	...	Mam
Billy Connolly	...	Gabriel
Ian Cullen	...	Ridley
Sean Foley	...	Fat Sam
Trevor Fox	...	Mr. Ellison
Bridie Hales	...	Bridie
Nicky Hayer	...	Nicky
Jacqueline King	...	Mrs. Peacock
Dominic McHale	...	Geography Teacher
Andy Mulligan	...	Harold
Mark Ross	...	Sproat
Jordan Routledge	...	Scout

Also Known As:

Jimmy Spud (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

84 min | Argentina:87 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Company:

British Screen Productions

upsetting for me

Writer Lee Hall's story will stick in my mind purely for forcing me to relive my father's death from cancer 18 years earlier. I was roughly the same age as the kid in the movie, and living in the North-East of England where the film is set, so I identified with him all the more. For me personally, then, the latter stages of the film were very upsetting indeed - but two year on, taking the film as a whole, I regard Gabriel and Me as mediocre and otherwise forgettable, all told.