There's Only One Jimmy Grimble
Comedy
6.8/10
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|106 min
Release Date: 2000-08-25
Overview - Jimmy Grimble is a shy Manchester school boy. At school he is constantly being bullied by the other kids, and at home he has to face his mother's new boyfriend. However, through football, and some special boots, he manages to gain the confidence to succeed and leads his school football team towards the final of the local schools cup.
Production Companies
Impact Film & TVArts Council of EnglandImpact PicturesPathé Pictures InternationalCanal+Sarah Radclyffe Productions
User Reviews
John Chard
7/10
Do you believe? There's Only One Jimmy Grimble is a very simple film of whimsy and football, a tale of a young 15 year old Manchester misfit who learns some life lessons when he encounters a strange old homeless dear who gives him a pair of magical old football boots. So yes, boys own fanciful stuff for sure, but it has such a warm heart, is loaded with dry Lancastrian wit, and threaded togeth...
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