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67% Critic Match
Purely Belter
“They're a couple of zeros short of a grand”
6.7 / 10• 2000• 1h 35m•NR• English
ComedyDrama
Storyline
Gerry and Sewell are broke. Gerry's still at school and Sewell is unemployed. They both wish for better things in life. Owning two season tickets to their beloved football club is their biggest dream of all. The tickets cost £1000 - they're £1000 short. But they are nothing if not resourceful, and they set themselves a mission to raise the cash. While they think up increasingly outlandish money making schemes - from selling junk to shoplifting and the odd bit of housebreaking - real life begins to interfere with the pair's final scam going hilariously awry landing them in jail, only to discover that their punishment gets them exactly where they want to be!
Cast & Crew
CB
Chris Beattie
Gerry McCarten
LeadGM
Greg McLane
Sewell
Charlie Hardwick
Mrs. McCarten
Roy Hudd
Mr. Sewell
Tim Healy
Mr. McCarten
Kevin Whately
Mr. Caird
Kerry Ann Christiansen
Bridget
Jody Baldwin
Gemma
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Mark Herman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Purely Belter is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
