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Lay The Favourite

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  • Genre: Drama
  • Film running length: 94 min
    (excl trailers and advertisements)
  • UK Release Date: 22/6/2012
  • Directed by: Stephen Frears
  • Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • Distributor: Entertainment One
Rating: +++--

 
Who's in it?
Rebecca Hall, Bruce Willis, Vince Vaughn
What's the plot?
‘Lay the Favourite’, stars Bruce Willis and Rebecca Hall. The film tells the tale of a woman Beth (Hall), who travels to Las Vegas to follow her dream of becoming a cocktail waitress.

However, things don’t go entirely to plan and, when she gets mixed up with professional gambler Dink (Willis), she finds herself in serious trouble.

‘Lay the Favourite’ is directed by Stephen Frears of ‘The Queen’ and ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ fame and is based upon the memoir by Beth Raymer.
BBFC Consumer Advice
Contains strong language, once very strong and strong sex references..
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Lay The Favourite: Average guest rating breakdown (across UK & Ireland):

Total ratings: 14
Average rating: 3.1

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Latest customer review (from a total of 1 review):

Just my opinion

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Reviewer: ta323
Date: 25/06/2012

 
In all honesty I can only comment on the first 40 minutes of this film as I left at that point. The story had not started to gain momentum. This is quite possibly Rebecca Hall's worst performance. I heard Stephen Frears say that he fought against her inclusion for almost 12 months and he should have stood his ground. Catherine Zeta Jones just hammed it up as usual. If you have a busy life, please do not waste one single second watching this film. In my opinion, a real turkey.
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