Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- English
- Country
- United Kingdom
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
An endearing outlier, Brian lives alone in a Welsh valley, inventing oddball contraptions that seldom work. After finding a discarded mannequin head, Brian gets an idea. Three days, a washing machine, and sundry spare parts later, he’s invented Charles, an artificially intelligent robot who learns English from a dictionary and proves a charming, cheeky companion. Before long, however, Charles also develops autonomy. Intrigued by the wider world — or whatever lies beyond the cottage where Brian has hidden him away — Charles craves adventure.
- inventor
- mockumentary
- robot
- public humiliation
- eccentric man
- town bully
- shared loneliness
- science fiction
- robot companion
- shy guy
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Nina Sosanya — Pam
- Lynn Hunter — Winnie
- Lowri Izzard — Katrina
- Mari Izzard — Suki
- Cara Chase — June
- Sunil Patel — Phil
- Rishi Nair — Stephen Alderton
- Colin Bennett — Arthur
- Vivienne Soan — Toffee Apple Woman
- Nicholas Asbury — Stu
- Directed
- Jim Archer
- Written
- Chris Hayward, David Earl
Production
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 · 184 ratings
- Studio
- Bankside Films, BFI, Film4 Productions, Great Point Media
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
