Once Upon A Time In The Midlands

Shane Meadows (THIS IS ENGLAND), one of the leading British filmmakers to emerge in the past decade, borrows some mythic flourishes from Italian Western auteur Sergio Leone to tell this whimsical story about a crook (Robert Carlyle), his ex (Shirley Henderson) and her live-in lover (Rhys Ifans). After spotting his former wife turning down an ambush marriage proposal from her love-struck beau on a Jerry Springer-like TV show, Jimmy (Carlyle) decides it's time for a showdown to win her back. "A soulful domestic comedy" -- New York Times.