Among Giants

1998 "Some Heights Can Only Be Reached By The Heart"
5.9| 1h33m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 24 June 1998 Released
Producted By: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Country: United Kingdom
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A manager hires Ray, off the books, to paint all the power towers in a 15-mile stretch of high-tension wires outside Sheffield. Ray's crew of men are friends, especially Ray with Steve, a young Romeo. Into the mix comes Gerry, an Australian with a spirit of adventure and mountain climbing skills. She wants a job, and against the others' advice, who don't want a woman on the job, Ray hires her. Then she and Ray fall in love. He asks her to marry him, gives her a ring. Steve's jealous; Ray's ex-wife complains that he spends on Gerry, not his own kids, and she predicts that Gerry won't stay around. Plus, there's pressure to finish the job fast. Economics, romance, and wanderlust spark the end.

Genre

Comedy, Romance

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Director

Sam Miller

Production Companies

Fox Searchlight Pictures

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Among Giants Audience Reviews

Karry Best movie of this year hands down!
Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film
LouHomey From my favorite movies..
HeadlinesExotic Boring
EdgarB People criticise action films for not backing up the fireworks and explosions with a story. The same applies for this drivel, lots of sweeping aerial shots of the north of England are let down by a slow storyline, where the characters' actions are rarely explained. A waste of talent and time.Extra points deducted for showing pasty-faced Northerners line-dancing. Oh, the horror.
Ken-208 Movie didn't have much plot and was uninteresting. Basically you spend a lot of time watching people paint. Also it's very difficult to hear or understand the dialogue -- partially because of the accents, but also because words are mumbled.
Boyo-2 This is the type of movie that you don't want to trash, but you have to anyway. There is too much illogical behavior, too many dramatics, and not enough things to recommend. There was a beautiful scene in a watertower and some of the aerial shots are great, but unless you are a Pete Postlethwaite completist, I'd stay away.
Dave F. Written by the man behind The Full Monty, Among Giants returns to focus on a group of unemployed Sheffield men down on their luck.Although lacking the coherence of Full Monty, Among Giants nonetheless has its moments as the electricity plyon painters are joined by a globe trotting Aussie who falls for gang leader Ray.A quietly downbeat movie, its only failing point is the casting of Postlethwaite as the ageing Ray. Can we really believe he bags the babe?