Is Anybody There? (12a), October 2009

Set in an English seaside town circa 1987, ‘Is Anybody There?’ charts the unlikely friendship that develops between Clarence (Michael Caine), a proud, acerbic old performer and the death-obsessed young son (played by Bill Milner) of Clarence’s care home’s overwhelmed owners. ‘Is Anybody There?’ brings a rich humour as well as a rigorous honesty to its portrait of different lives colliding under one roof. ‘Is Anybody There?’ tells a charming story about growing up and growing old, and the unpredictable adventures that happen along the way.

2 showings