Edit Report This. Cinema2.35:1Colour Codex12A. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. —Frank Coterall Boyce. Report this film. Reparto: Bill Nighy (Alan) Sam Riley (Peter) Alice Lowe © Letterboxd Limited. Being a huge fan of Bill Nighy, I will watch him in just about anything. here’s a beguiling Englishness to this elegant, offbeat comedy-drama, terrifically written by Frank Cottrell-Boyce and directed by feature debutant Carl Hunter. I laughed hard a good few times too! It has a wonderful syncopation in its writerly rhythm and narrative surprises. Like the grieving Scrabble enthusiast at the heart of its unique story, Sometimes Always Never scores high enough to be well worth a play. Its flaws are plain to see but I would whole heatedly recommend. Not to be confused with Eliza Hittman’s extraordinary abortion drama “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” Carl Hunter’s bittersweet quirkfest “Sometimes Always Never” boasts three quarters of that other film’s title and a much smaller fraction of its value. That kind of sums up the film, it feels so familiar and therefore comforting to anyone who likes British film, yet brings its own kind of magical uniqueness. If I were better with British accents, I might have rated this higher. I have to say direction wise it felt like a collaboration between Wes Anderson and Dario Argento if that makes any sense at all. Sometimes Always Never Critics Consensus. Wanted to make a joke about Never Rarely Sometimes Always but this movie is just perfectly fine and doesn't really deserve it. The film positively twinkles with insouciance, and is performed with aplomb, particularly by, Watch the trailer for Sometimes Always Never. And I'm not sure I've ever seen a movie so heavily featuring scrabble...and that was a very good thing! Alan (a puckish but tortured Bill Nighy) seemingly knows them all, and doesn’t hesitate to ruin his opponents by finding whatever high-scoring definition might be hiding in…. Supporting also lovely, all delivering some excellent lines of dialogue to much amusement. Sometimes Always Never is a beautifully intimate portrait of the tragedy and hope found in life. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing Sometimes Always Never near you. Film data from TMDb. That was the button from top to the bottom of suit. Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. This film looks like the aesthetics of Wes Anderson, Richard Ayoade and that film Bunny and the Bull combined, yet it is a world that feels entirely self contained. For avid scrabble players, this must be a favorite. Long ago, Alan’s favourite son left home, never to return. Written and directed by Eliza Hittman, the film is an intimate portrayal of two teenage girls in rural Pennsylvania. He has a positive effect on Jack, showing him the correct way to wear a suit (the title refers to the jacket’s three buttons, top, middle, bottom, and which may be done up). Certainly had some lovely moments but that's all they amounted to...nice moments strung together with scrabble and nothing much deeper. The intentionally skewed chemistry is nlovely with a fiery stoic calamity flowing through both characters eins. Sometimes, always, never. Like the grieving Scrabble enthusiast at the heart of its unique story, Sometimes Always Never scores high enough to be well worth a play. With a body to identify and his family torn apart, Alan must repair the relationship with his youngest son Peter and solve the mystery of an online player who he thinks could be Michael, so he can finally move on and reunite his family. With Bill Nighy, Sam Riley, Alice Lowe, Jenny Agutter. Now Alan is obsessed with Scrabble; he is a grandmaster, a black-belt, even hustling unsuspecting players he meets in B&Bs – a funny and unexpected interlude with a couple played by Tim McInnerny and Jenny Agutter. Too weird to be accessible or engaging and yet not weird enough to be captivating or entertaining. Finally, a movie for people who love scrabble/word games. Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. Sometimes Always Never review – Bill Nighy spellbinding in Scrabble drama. The veteran actor shines as an ageing word wizard searching for his … Synopsis. The further it strays into twee, faux-wes-anderson-ness the weaker it becomes, but thankfully half of the more attention seeking moments work. The cinematography and aesthetic implemented here is truly gorgeous comparable to the likes of Wes Anderson or even Roy Anderson for it's simplistic but effective aesthetic. A detective fantasy / family drama where a love of words helps a father reconnect with a missing son. This is a light hearted comedy with a darker theme holding the story together. Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. Sometimes Always Never (2018) Plot Summary (2) A detective fantasy / family drama where a love of words helps a father reconnect with a missing son. SOMETIMES ALWAYS NEVER SYNOPSIS: Alan (Bill Nighy) is a Merseyside tailor, whose eldest son Michael stormed out of the house after a particularly heated round of Scrabble and never returned. The Scrabble and Scrabble-obsession are emblems of a complex sort of communication crisis. this film really decided to replicate my sixth form experience huh, where not only did I not communicate my attraction to the boys I clearly liked and stood beside, but because my sixth form wi-fi blocked all social media and YouTube (except for ‘educational’ use) and I refused to buy paid apps, I ended up distracting myself from work all the time by playing Mattel’s Scrabble app on my Zte phone (a cheap substitution run on the Android OS, which seems fitting with the film’s themes) against the computer and accounts all around the world, and then to connect this to the sense of being lost, finding something, distracting and covering the hole in yourself, and substituting everything with bootlegs and knock-offs from ‘Action Joes’ to Vegemite to sexual partners to sons and CGI big-bosomed female avatars to the car you drive in and the seaside town you chose to exist within?

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