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63% Critic Match
The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain
“A romantic comedy about a town that wouldn't give up. A man who couldn't get out. And the mountain that brought them together.”
6.3 / 10• 1995• 1h 31m•PG• English
DramaComedyRomance
Storyline
When an English cartographer arrives in Wales to tell the residents of the Welsh village of Ffynnon Garw that their 'mountain' is only a hill, the offended community sets out to remedy the situation.
Cast & Crew
Hugh Grant
Reginald Anson
Lead
Tara Fitzgerald
Betty
Colm Meaney
Morgan the Goat
Ian McNeice
George Garrad
Ian Hart
Johnny Shellshocked
Kenneth Griffith
Reverend Jones
TV
Tudor Vaughan
Thomas Twp
HV
Hugh Vaughan
Thomas Twp Two
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Christopher Monger's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
