Junkhearts

Plot

Frank is an ex-soldier, haunted by a violent past. He lives alone, drowning his nightmares with alcohol. Christine – smart and successful…

Release Year: 2011

Rating: 5.3/10 (160 voted)

Director:
Tinge Krishnan

Stars: Eddie Marsan, Tom Sturridge, Romola Garai

Storyline
Frank is an ex-soldier, haunted by a violent past. He lives alone, drowning his nightmares with alcohol. Christine – smart and successful… on the surface, tackles life as a single working mother by immersing herself in drugs, parties and sex. Lynette, a young rough sleeper watches Christine stumble out of a club whilst she sits in the cold waiting for loose change to fall on her lap; her luck seems to change when she meets Frank who despite his misgivings, offers her a place to stay.

Cast:

Eddie Marsan
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Frank

Tom Sturridge
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Danny

Romola Garai
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Christine

Candese Reid
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Lynette

Shaun Dooley
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Josh

Bhasker Patel
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Hasan

Debra Baker
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Receptionist

John Boyega
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Jamal

Chris Coghill
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Banker

Nabil Elouahabi
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Fisherman

Valerie Gogan
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Evie

Shobna Gulati
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Beth

Dan Love
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Goth

Shaun Lucas
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Security Guard

Lori MacFadyen
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Office Worker

Release Date: 4 November 2011

Box Office Details

Budget: £325,000

(estimated)

User Review

Nothing great

Rating: 5/10

Junkhearts is a British, nearly-for-TV drama about the relationship
between an ex-soldier and a homeless girl, their troubled
personalities, and the hard lives they lead;

Though there are some interesting choices in the script during the
early developments – the goldfish scene, where Lynnette does for Frank
what he did for her in the self-defence scene – ultimately Junkhearts
descends rapidly into a tabloid-grime film about crime, wasted youth,
and defenceless characters, who from leads become merely a support to
the trite story.

This film had potential, but the writers didn't have the material to
get a whole hour and a half of film together; all in all,
disappointing.

My vote: 5/10 – inconclusive, aimless, self-defeating.