Review of Among Giants (1998) by Tony P — 26 Jul 2018

A low budget British film set in Northern England, Sheffield specifically.

Basically it follows a group of cash in hand painters painting electricity pylons around Sheffield.

The gang are led by Pete Postlethwaite as Ray. Postlethwaite died in 2011 aged 64. This film was released in 1998 making him fifty or so.

The central plot of the film revolves around a relationship between Ray and young Australian backpacker, hippy, student type Gerry played by Rachel Griffiths.

I am sure Gerry could have been Ray's daughter. I'm not being agist but as the relationship develops in one scene we see them dancing around naked under the old Tinsley cooling towers.

The film has some local interest to me but even in twenty years a lot of filming locations have changed or don't even exist anymore.

The film develops at a slow pace and at times boredom did set in. To say it was written by Simon Beaufoy who was behind hit comedy The Full Monty, featuring a similar setting and cast members. It ain't half boring.

The naked dancing scene has left me scarred!