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A Balasaur Score of 49 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 5.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 28%, Metacritic 44/100. Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do. Most of the 4,447 2010s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
Retirement at last! Middle-aged and divorced, company owner Richard Jones is looking forward to a worry-free existence as he arrives at his office on his last day of work. Much to his dismay, he discovers that the management buyout of his company was fraudulent. The company is now bankrupt and the employee pension fund — including his own — has been embezzled. Enlisting the help of his ex-wife Kate, Richard sets out to track down the shady businessman behind the fraud.
Ratings
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
477 audience votes
Key crew
- Joel HopkinsWriter
- Joel HopkinsDirector
- Jean-Michel BernardOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Emma ThompsonKate
- Pierce BrosnanRichard
- Celia ImriePen
- Timothy SpallJerry
- Louise BourgoinManon Fontaine
- Laurent LafitteVincent Kruger
- Marisa BerensonClothilde
- Olivier ChantreauJean-Baptiste Durain
- Ellen ThomasDoreen
- Tuppence MiddletonSophie
- Jack WilkinsonMatt
- Adam ByronTyler
