The very British movie

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry has been given an age rating by the BBFC of 12A for infrequent strong language, drug misuse, suicide, moderate sex references

The movie stars British acting legent Jim Broadbent who has starred in many many movies both Hollywood and British including The Harry Hill Movie and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, the movie also stars Penelope Wilton who is as much of a legend and has been in movies such as Pride and Prejudice and Laughterhouse.

The movie is directed by Hettie Macdonald who has previously directed movie such as Banglatown Banquet and White Girl.

Movie Synopsis

A seemingly unremarkable man in his 60s named Harold one day learns his old friend Queenie is dying. He embarks on a walk, only to keep going for 450 miles until he reaches Queenie's hospice, much to the despair of his wife Maureen.

BBFC certificate breakdown.

• Title: The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry
• BBFC age rating: 12A Certificate
• Reason: infrequent strong language, drug misuse, suicide, moderate sex references
• Release date: 28th April 2023
• Runtime: 108 minutes (1 hour 48 minutes)
• The movie is being released into movie theatres
• Directed by:
  • Hettie Macdonald
• Starring:
  • Jim Broadbent
  • Penelope Wilton
  • Monika Gossmann

BBFC movie page

The power of Bohemian Rhapsody was too strong for any new comers as the Queen film stays at the top of the UK box office for a second weekend.

Bohemian Rhapsody

After the excellent £9 million debut last weekend there is no surprise that it manages a second weekend at the box office summit.

Posting a second weekend gross of £5.7 million the Bryan Singer directed film may not have been a hit with the critics but is proving to be popular with the paying public.

The films total UK gross now sits at an incredible £20.4 million after 10 days of release.

A Star Is Born

The Lady Gaga starring film is proving to be a bigger hit in the UK than many other parts of the world as the film spends another week at number 2 taking £1.8 million after 5 weeks of release.

The film which currently has the number single in the UK and the number 1 album has now taken £22.9 million.

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Disney gets Christmas stared with the release of the popular story often performed as a ballet this time of year and it snaggs the highest new film at number 3.

The film takes a reasonable £1.7 million on its debut weekend of release.

Smallfoot

The animated family film stays at number 4 this weekend £1.1 million which brings its total UK gross to £10.1 million.

Johnny English Strikes Again

Still holding strong at number 5 this week the film has a 5th weekend gross of just over £1 million which brings its total to £16.3 million.

Hotel Transylvania 3 Summer Vacation

Still hanging onto the charts as we enter the holiday season the film has notched up 15 week on the UK box office.

Slaughterhouse Rulez

Further down the chart at number 9 is the new Simon Pegg starring movie which makes its debut this weekend with a £400,00 gross.

Peterloo

Another film worth mentioning makes its debut at number 3 this week in the shape of Mike leigh's latest which opens with £350,000.

Released on 31st October 2018 the film stars Simon Pegg and Michael Sheen and is a horror comedy set around a typical British boarding school.

The film is directed by Crispian Mills, he also wrote the screenplay, previous credits include A Fantastic Fear of Everything also starring Simon Pegg.

The film has been given a 15 certificate by the BBFC for very strong language, strong violence, sex references, suicide references and it has a runtime of 104 minutes.

SLAUGHTERHOUSE RULEZ (15) very strong language, strong violence, sex references, suicide references https://t.co/zkanjftLOO

— BBFC (@BBFC) October 22, 2018