Looking for Eric (2009)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2009
	Director: Ken Loach
	Actors: Steve Evets, Eric Cantona (Le Bonheur est dans le Pré, Switch), Stephanie Bishop
	Country: GB, F, I, B, E
	Genre: Black Comedy, Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 01.02.2014, DVD Rip, 11" computer screen
Synopsis: Troubled in his life, a big fan of Eric Cantona (Evets) starts to see him in visions, to discuss with him and follow his advise to improve his life.
Review: I wrongly thought that this movie was more a comedy about a guy whose goal is to meet his hero Eric Cantona. It is actually more a drama in which Cantona is used as a philosopher (he gets some great lines and reference is made to the Seagulls one) or an inner voice to help the main character redeem himself. The movie is sometimes hard to watch because you can't imagine how those simple characters will manage to gain back the control of their life, but they do. The main characters and his mates are touching and really down to Earth, as I is probably often the case in Ken Loach's movies. And the description of the day-to-day life in the British small towns or suburbs is done without embellishment. A big theme in the movie is how to live with your past mistakes, and learn from them so that you do better. I liked the apparitions of Cantona and his interactions with the hero (also named Eric). The behavior of Eric, in particular regarding the love of his life, is very realistic and one can relate to it.
Rating: 8 /10